Explosion Downtown Manhattan

Fox News Live

[monkeyshine]

Explosion at technical school in Manhattan

[nutmeg]

Now FNC is saying there's at least 3 dozen injuries. 6 critical condition, taken to St. Vincent's Hospital.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

I wish there was a camera on in a Arab street so we could watch them singing and dancing with joy.

[texlok]

Some witnesses have reported seeing gas being brought into the building prior to the explosion.

There is going to be more legislation in NY on the handling of gas/containers, I can see it now.

[DJ88]

Do any of you guys/gals hear this witness on CNN??? They are telling him to be MORE EXPLICIT!!!!! UNREAL!! He said he saw SMOKE billowing out of the windows..

[SunnyUsa]

"Me too - I work 6 blocks away. For about 10 min it was nothing but sirens."

I can imagine that gives you a scare at work! I imagine alot of New Yorkers had a feeling of dread at first.....

My first reaction was fear too, before I knew anything, just a building expolsion....and quick thinking to remember my husband isn't in the city today.

[Judith Anne]

Garage door blown out on ground level...Rick Leventhal, Fox News, no more victims or injured being brought out at this time...

[DJ88]

"Some witnesses have reported seeing gas being brought into the building prior to the explosion."

What kind of gas? Regular gasoline?? Wouldn't that be a little odd??

[hellinahandcart]

Okay, it may not be "far" but in local terms you can't really call it "close" either. Close is something you can walk to in ten minutes.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Partial building collapse in NYC injures at least 35; possibly caused by boiler explosion -AP Breaking News
LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer
(04-25) 09:39 PDT NEW YORK (AP) -- Part of a Manhattan building collapsed Thursday following a possible boiler explosion, injuring more than three dozen people. Several victims, at least one believed to be in serious condition, w...

[GOPyouth]

Report the news YES .. scare the daylights out of people NO

Howard Stern used to nail these folks on letting just anybody get on the air by phone to report what's going on.
During the O.J. mess after the chase, he had one of his guys call in and get on Peter Jennings saying he was just across the street..and he "could see OJ". heh heh. They never caught on till he said "oh yeah, and Bababooey, ya'll"..

Another was the night Dianna died. He had a guy call in one of the stations saying he worked for one one of the news companies. He said he understood that she was driving so fast so she could get to the movie-store to rent a copy of Private Parts before they closed.

[SunnyUsa]

"I wouldn't discount the possibility that it was an O2 tank, either. "

Most accounts I hear are saying it's a BOILER EXPLOSION (and had nothing to do with the nearby technical school)

[DJ88]

I gotcha..:-) Just ask my legs...lol..

[gdani]

I can imagine that gives you a scare at work! I imagine alot of New Yorkers had a feeling of dread at first.....

More so for my wife who worked across the street from the WTC and had the displeasure of fleeing from collapsing buildings on 9/11.

[texlok]

I have to say these cable new stations REALLY need to get their act together

They want to be the first to scare the public, I mean report a story. That's what it comes down to. Whoever gets the first scoop wins the ratings for that time period.

[nutmeg]

Sounds like CNN is pretty desperate!

[michigander]

[KSCITYBOY]

Boilers would be in the basement - large explosion on any higher floor would require something very powerful or in large volume - I would guess powerful/

[golfpro]

probably a nerby drug lab...

[nutmeg]

ping!