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We saw crews working on the railroad tracks that go up and down park avenue. this is significant. this is a main transportation artery. all the trains that go to connecticut, and many of the trains that head to westchester county and new york, the commuter trains, pass on those tracks. they are shut down right now. depending on how long this lasts, thousands and thousands and thousands of commuters will be affected by this blast. that's just one side effect from it. the main effect is on these buildings, one of which is simply not there anymore. 1644 park avenue, which was a five-story buildin...

There's going to be some searching and digging they are going to have to do at some point in time, so it's hard with the violations, that certainly brings great cause for concern, and that would be in their minds. >> right now we have an update from con ed, the energy company, they are working closely with fdny and responding to a gas leak at 1652, that's the address, right before the explosion occurred. so the address, captain, is 1646 park avenue, and con ed is saying they are responding to a report of a gas leak at the address of 1652 right before the explosion occurred. >> yeah, i know. so...

>> they are suspending service in and out of grand central terminal, the hudson line, the harlem line including the new haven line. when service will resume i can't tell you that. that could affect the evening commute. we have no service out of the grand central terminal. they stopped all the trains at nearest stop. that would be 115th street if you're heading southbound or northbound. those trains are not leaving grand central terminal at all. >> this is terrible scene. we'll bump out of local coverage for a moment. they have been doing a fantastic job getting to the scene to let us know what...

Fire, 1646 is that address. is the 1642 essentially across the street? give me an idea of how far away this building where the individual reported smelling the gas is from the heart of the scene. >> the information that we're getting is still very preliminary. as far as the logistics and physical location of the two different addresses, i can't really comment on that, because i physically wasn't there. >> okay. >> we want to just really stress to everyone that our crews are out there working very diligently to try to make the area safe. we also want them to be very aware and work with the crew...

Well. i don't know whether they have flammable stuff in the basement to fix pianos but it's 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. they're inside as well. >> look at this. watch the scene. we have slightly modern building on the left and again a slig...