Posted on 07/10/2006 6:05:56 AM PDT by joeystoy
Building explosion at 32 East 62nd Street. Four story building collapses and is burning. Several people reported trapped in the rubble.
Whenever I hear them say that (and I would have to guess that is factually true), I always wonder what exactly would BE evidence, immediately after the fact, of terrorism? I would think you would have to get the scene under control and actually look around before you could acertain the cause. Then again, I'm not psychic! ;)
susie
You are not wrong...there are.
>>>>Explosion In Door Co. Causes Injuries, Damage
Looks like this one was gas too. Saying 'propane tank exploded'.
Out here in the sticks, the usual suspect in construction is the backhoe on buried lines. "Call before you dig."
I could see how in an urban environment it would be more likely for somebody to knock loose or crack a gas line up in a building.
With the ConEd report of a strong smell of gas, seems likely that somebody knocked a cap off or crimped a pipe.
WCBS reports one confirmed fatality.
Don't, it's a big city and sh!t happens.
thats a good one too
Another stretcher with a person in a headbrace is being removed to ambulance.
I used to represent a construction company . . . big lawsuit is inevitable after something like this!
Larry King was in a hotel close to where this occurred.
Freeper Mother here is just blaming everything on you today :))
I kept bothering Atlanta Gas Light because I smelled gas around my meter. They came out with the soap solution and couldn't find a leak . . . I kept bothering them . . . they came out with a sophisticated "sniffer" and lo and behold there was a microscopic crack in the meter itself. Replaced it and no more smell.
AGL man said they might be hiring . . . < g >
Hence, the source of the gas :)
. . . sorry backhoe, I'm sure it wasn't you, just one of your distant relations that you don't acknowledge . . .
Google the address and you get a James R Maher, a holder of Unilab Corp/DE, whatever that is.
Oh, silly me. OK then! Thanks for the info (of course, I guess they aren't in other cities, and if you know that the bad guys know it too!)
susie
Now I know why Home Depot has a cow if you accidently walk into the store with a propane tank!
susie
LOL! I'm very paranoid about gas leaks, mostly because of having lived in New York for many years, where gas leaks abound. With faulty gas plumbing done by fly-by-night unlicensed handymen or supers, careless construction or demolition and old pipes (not to mention poorly capped gas lighting fixtures left in old apartments), it's a wonder there aren't more explosions.
That's true. One announcement on Fox was laughable though.....they said DHS does not know the cause of the explosion but says it's not terrorist related. I only wish they would hold their comments until they have something positive to report about the cause because those kind of comments make them look dumb.
I'm off to work....BBL.
CNN is now reporting that there was a smell of gas prior to the explosion.
I passed by it around 9:15 on my way to work on Park Ave. So many fire engines, police, EMS -- there and en route. Incredibly, emergency vehicles all getting through the rush hour traffic with amazing speed. Several-block perimeter set up with cops diverting traffic. Lots of people on the street trying to get a glimpse. Lots of sirens -- in fact, I can still hear them going to the scene from my office on the 28th floor. It's a bad one.
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