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All kind of debris on train tracks. >> there is debris, there is debris for about a block. windows have been blown out, a whole block. i came running. my shop is on 11th and 2nd. we felt the explosion there. and we came running and we just followed the smoke. >> so, max, you do believe this was a building that was unoccupied and people were working on it, constructionwise? >> i believe there was, the problem is, if you look at it, i dont know if you guys have aerial footage yet. >> we do. >> oka...

Their live coverage on the screen at 116th. lets listen in. >> any way you can show us a live picture on the streets what it looks like? if you saw the picture im looking at right now there is no way president metro-north can operate in that area right now. >> rosanna, we first arrived on the scene there was naturally debris on the train tracks which runs right down the middle of park avenue. weve been moved out of the area. air traffic has been moved away from the scene to allow the police and ...

All right. we have breaking news story that is unfolding here in upper manhattan. fire and police are responding to reports of a large explosion. those are the reports from eye witnesses on the ground in a building in uptown manhattan. here is the chopper shot of the general area. east harlem residents reported hearing a large explosion around 9 a.m. and a fire started after that. they believe the structural integrity of the building is com p p promised and they are talking

Well. i dont know whether they have flammable stuff in the basement to fix pianos but its a fame most pianos store at 1646 park avenue. also a residential building. what do you mow? >> one of the first-responders on the scene, one of my sources telling me 1646 -- >> this is what it looked like before the explosion. >> right. 144 and 146. it is hard to see from the outside is that firefighters at this moment are going door-to-door because there is densely populated building. theyre inside as well...

Dont go anywhere. further down here, guys, on madison the smoke is just unbelievable on 116th street. it is so different even from where we are just a block away. i took a picture and posted it on twitter. you can not see more than 10 feet in front of you. just a little while ago they were wheeling out three people on stretchers a lot of people are dealing good while after the explosion happened. this occurred two hours ago. theyre bringing people out in many a ambulances, treating them right no...

Were not too many people inside which is what were all hoping at this point. we just dont know. bill: a lot we dont know. second day in a row weve had good weather in the northeast. that is very rare as the rest of the country knows in 2014 in this winter were about wrapping up. pat brosnan on the phone, former nypd detective. pat, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: you think about a gas line explodeding or what runs through your head if you see a six-story building go up as it di...

Debris from the explosion. were hearing that the building was adjacent to the tracks. a pretty incredible scene when we drove by. it is very, very busy here. >> lid yaw, thank you so much. well be back shortly as we. firefighters on the ladder and roof next door, that is tough, tough job. >> this replaces two buildings. were a little smaller than the building on the right. they were residential buildings. people lived there. on the bottom there were people who worked there. >> lets go to liz dol...

Building. as we come in tighter, you see the effort of the fire department of new york on the roof of this building. three-alarm fire. three different companies were brought in to try to get this thing under control. were trying to get a little better handle what this building is. it has been called a residential buildings, bill, but we dont know the size of it or how many people live this structure essentially at least half of it has come down this morning 9:00 people are starting their day. so...

>> wow. >> that firefighter, firefighters on the roof there, the building that theyre standing on seems potentially the upper floor is engulfed in flames as well. this fire is not under control yet. >> how many firefighters would you say on the scene right now, max? >> oy, my god, there is at least 10 fire trucks here. i dont know, close to 100. there is knows how many nypd. there is ambulances everywhere. there, it is bad. the police have cordoned off. nobody can get close enough anymore. when ...

Building. >> im sorry youve seen numerous people, affected by shrapnel, flying projectiles from this explosion and or collapse? >> yeah. all the glass, the glass windows. a lot of cars, theres, three cars in the middle of 116th street that obviously stopped dead from the explosion. there are definitely rocked from the explosion. >> wow. youre very familiar with this neighborhood? >> yes. my shop is here on 11th street. >> are there two -- were looking at this aerial view right now and it looks l...