A five-story East Village building was reduced to ruins and another was on the verge of collapsing Thursday after a thunderous gas blast sparked a seven-alarm fire that injured a dozen people and sent choking black smoke billowing into the sky.
KERRY BURKE, BARRY PADDOCK, THOMAS TRACY, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA, CORKY SIEMASZKO, New York Daily News: Local
Fri, 03/27/2015 - 8:16am
A five-story East Village building was reduced to ruins and another was on the verge of collapsing Thursday after a thunderous gas blast sparked a seven-alarm fire that injured a dozen people and sent choking black smoke billowing into the sky.