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This scene. firefighters working every possible angle here. we have been told that the fire was mostly out. i have covered a lot of buildings that have gone down in this country and others and i will tell you, the remarkable feature of this, right now, is the smoke. smoke is simply everywhere around here and it is very, very thick. we did just get some information from one of our producers who says that investigators have been told by neighbors, investigators have been told by neighbors that they did gas prior to the explosion. that would jive with what we have been hearing now with the con ed...

They just put out a statement saying that report of a gas odor at 1652 park avenue came at 9:13 from a resident. two con edison crews were dispatched at 9:15 and arrived just after the explosion. so let's say that again. at 9:13, con edison had reports of a gas odor. just a few doors down from where these buildings were at 1644. that building is now gone. the report of the odor was at 1652. that gives you a sense of what seems to be the cause of these two blasts that now killed at least one person. the scene in the area, very, very smokey. large numbers of rescue personnel and firefighters on ...

Gas odor just before the explosion occurred. the call came in at 9:13 a.m. from a resident who reported smelling gas inside the apartment complex. however, the resident also indicated that the odor may have been coming from outside the building. we sent out two con edison crews, they were dispatched maybe 9:15 a.m. and arrived just after the explosion occurred. now in that particular area, the street is served by an eight-inch low-pressure main, physically right now, crews are checking surrounding gas lines and are working to see if there are any leaks, isolate any leaks, and to make the area ...

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