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Were not too many people inside which is what we're all hoping at this point. we just don't know. bill: a lot we don't know. second day in a row we've had good weather in the northeast. that is very rare as the rest of the country knows in 2014 in this winter we're 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 did? >> bill, without knowing what renovations going on at the site it is difficult to speculate....

Debris from the explosion. we're 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. we'll be back shortly as we. firefighters on the ladder and roof next door, that is tough, tough job. >> this replaces two buildings. we're 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. >> let's go to liz dolem liz is on the scene a block or so away with more. liz? >> greg and rosanna, i just got this g...

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. we're trying to get a little better handle what this building is. it has been called a residential buildings, bill, but we don't 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. some people moved on to their office or on to work out of this building. there could be families ins...

>> wow. >> that firefighter, firefighters on the roof there, the building that they're 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 don't 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 we first got here we were able to get, you know, right up close to the explosion. there are cars t...

Building. >> i'm sorry you've 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, there's, three cars in the middle of 116th street that obviously stopped dead from the explosion. there are definitely rocked from the explosion. >> wow. you're very familiar with this neighborhood? >> yes. my shop is here on 11th street. >> are there two -- we're looking at this aerial view right now and it looks like a partial building collapse if not two. how many buildings are we looking at that might be ...