Lance Posted March 12, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2014 ‘It’s a tragedy of the worst kind,’ Mayor de Blasio says Wednesday near Park Ave. and E. 116th St. Up to 9 people were still missing from the two buildings that contained 15 apartments, Absolute Piano and Spanish Christian Church, an NYPD source said. Two of the victims were identified by sources as Carmen T. Tanco, 67, and Griselde Camacho, 44, both of whom lived at 1644 Park Ave. Rescuers using spotlights and cadaver dogs searched for survivors into Thursday morning after a thunderous blast in East Harlem killed six people and leveled two apartment buildings.Read more: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted March 12, 2014 Update: NYPD confirms one death in this tragedy with over a dozen others injured. For those interested, Metro-North service will remain suspended while clean-up and the structural integrity investigation continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted March 12, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2014 There are now 2 deaths confirmed with many more injuries, some critical. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CT1660- Posted March 12, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 12, 2014 Not good at all. I'm hoping the remaining survivors will be ok. Condolences go out for the families for those who didn't make it.. I'm suspecting a gas leak may have been the culprit behind the explosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missabassie Posted March 12, 2014 Share #5 Posted March 12, 2014 So that's where all those firetrucks were going... I'll send my condolences as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted March 12, 2014 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2014 Only a gas explosion has the force to bring down two whole buildings. Sad thing indeed. Even sadder that one of the shops was a Piano Store and the other was a church. I mean, how more upstanding can you get as businesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaveragejoe Posted March 12, 2014 Share #7 Posted March 12, 2014 Only a gas explosion has the force to bring down two whole buildings. Sad thing indeed. Even sadder that one of the shops was a Piano Store and the other was a church. I mean, how more upstanding can you get as businesses? Someone called in a gas leak just mins before the explosion, also 16 hurt, 4 very badly, with others missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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