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Explosion, the extent of the damage it did? >> violent explosion, which makes you think a pent-up gas explosion. no reason to believe chemicals at this point to give you that kind of explosion. i would think they severed a gas line or maybe it was built up in the building and one of the areas that wasn't occupied, two buildings there, i think, so it was either a built-up gas explosion that ignited by a worker or hot water heater, gas unit, could be anything. once that pops like that, you get an enormous amount of debris, that's probably where the original injuries were from and started the fir...

Of white smoke. >> correct, yeah, i see the choppers in the air. yes, white smoke everywhere. has an acrid smell when it first started forming, had that kind of sulfur smell, which could have been burning, but i don't know if that is a part of explosion or what. i don't know. >> that's what people are investigating right now. andrew brown, thank you very much for joining us, thank you for sending us pictures, as well. as always, taking these pictures for us and videos, do it safely first, safety first, especially in a situation like this. thanks very much. we have more information now from mel...

Rangel, the dean of the new york congressional delegation and also this is his district, this is his area that he knows very well. congressman, thank you very much for joining us. first of all, what can you tell us about what you know about factually what happened here? >> we have information, the entire new york city congressional delegation is concerned about it. it's just reminiscent of 9/11 when we know something terrible has happened but we don't have enough facts in order to know why it happened or how it happened. this area is a very populated area because after 96th street, the metro n...

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