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We dont know the extent of the injuries. we know there are over 100 firefighters on the scene. if you look at the middle of the smoke you can see some of them on the adjacent apartment right next door on the roof. >> on the roof and on top of the ladder in the bucket there, real heroes in progress, in action. i want to go to tiwa chang. in the neighborhood of the fire. >> greg, im at 115th street and lexington avenue, two blocks from where this happened. some people just told me, a lot of people...

Associated press has it this way. fire department a major emergency response in east harlem. this would be on the outer edge of central park toward the northern part of the island of manhattan. fire department of new york says it received report of a possible explosion and building collapse around the area of park avenue, 114th street. no immediate reports of injuries. wabc, the screen left picture youre watching there, say that residents heard a large explosion inside of an apartment building a...

Liz? >> hi, guys. 115th and madison still. i met blanca, at the scene of the es explosion. tell us a little bit about what happened, blanca. >> i stopped. went off at 115. went to the deli. as i was coming out of deli a few seconds, explosion just like really, really big. it was a lady, two ladies and me and another gentleman waiting to go into the store. all of sudden we heard this big explosion and fire. fire was really coming out. we called 911 to try to get the cops here and everything. then...

Neighboring buildings that has to be evacuated out of the area and get into that area with the rubble and look for survivors. >> the thick, the smoke is so thick right now, people even walking nearby can be affected by this. it can really overtake you. >> live pictures right now of an active fire, a huge fire on park avenue between 116th street and 111th street. at 9:31 according to reports that is when the explosion happened, followed by at least a partial building collapse and this fire that s...

>> no it is not. as much water you see going on there, doesnt mean all water is getting to the fire. >> i also wanted to ask, what kind of explosives or what kind of flammable liquid would be inside that building that caused quite a commotion, basically you know, collapsed two buildings and spread debris all over the place and felt 35 blocks away? >> yeah, well im not sure if you felt it 35 blocks away. people might say they did. thats pretty fire. enormous explosion from buildup of gas. whether...

They have strong suspicion there is a bomb or something of that nature that was intentionally done they clear a much wider perimeter. this is looking more and more like it is construction-related. >> lets go to liz, she is near the scene of the fire with more. liz, what are you experiencing right now? >> hi, guys. were still on the corner of 115th and madison. i found lewis and yvette who ran over to the scene when they heard the explosion. tell me what you guys saw? >> there was a lost debris e...

Quote, expecting others. they are injuries in this situation to be sure. bill: lets get as much as we can off-line. lets grow back to fox 5 online and wnyw here in new york. >> we do have somebody who is nearby that area right now who is on the phone with us. may we have your name please. >> max. >> max, tell us where you are and what you noticed. >> im on the corner of 116th and park avenue where the explosion is. im catty-corner. the explosion is on the park avenue side, the west side of park ...

Scene here. all traffic is moving down to 115th street off the madison. theyre trying to keep that area of park here. well stay on the corner to continue to talk to more people and send you more stories and send them to you guys. >> short distance away from the explosion. adrian sanchez i believe her name is? adrian, are you there. >> yeah. >> hi, how are you, what did you see? >> i was in a restaurant at 116th and we heard this big explosion and the whole -- whole building was shaking because o...

Go over there, maybe the building collapsed. maybe the explosion, you know. >> eric, youre saying it is a grocery store. there may be some apartments above it. tell me a little more about that building. >> its a brand new building over there in the corner and they was fixing it. i dont know what happened. but i was in the parking lot cleaning and all of a sudden i heard a big explosion, boom, and then i make sure my coworker was all right. it was so strong, that it vibrated our sealing in our bu...

Like a smell of gas. and my wife called me, like, 9:30 and the building next door is closed. so that is why i run to come. >> what is your, what business do you own next door? >> no, i dont own business. i live up there. >> you live over there. >> i live over there with my wife. >> you smelled gas yesterday. >> yeah i smelled gas yesterday. like my neighbor next door downstairs she comes talk to us, making sure, nothing is leaking. we check everything. so nobody had a leak. everything was okay. ...