Building collapses in New York City's East Harlem – in pictures

Building collapses in New York City's East Harlem – in pictures [shared from Weave for Windows Phone]


At least two were killed and 18 others injured, when two residential buildings collapsed in an explosion in New York's East Harlem neighborhood on Wednesday



Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio walks to attend a news conference after visiting the explosion site in Manhattan. Photograph: Wu Rong /Xinhua Press /Corbisnyc buildingFiremen stand in the rubble of the building in Harlem. The explosion was believed to have been caused by a gas leak. Photograph: New York mayor's officenyc buildingAlicia Thomas (L), who lived in one of the two buildings destroyed in the explosion is comforted by her friend Shivon Dollar. Photograph: Mike Segar /Reutersnyc buildingNew York City firefighters examine the rubble. Photograph: Eric Thayer /Reutersnyc buildingFirefighters dig through the rubble on 116 St and Park Ave. Photograph: Kristin Callahan/REXnyc buildingA victim is evacuated by emergency personnel. Photograph: Mikenyc buildingCon Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. Photograph: Jeremy Sailing /APnyc buildingThe explosion leveled an apartment building and sent flames and billowing black smoke above the skyline. Photograph: Jeremy Sailing /APnyc buildingA woman and her dog. Photograph: Ruaridh Connellan/Barcroft USA
http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2014/mar/12/new-york-east-harlem-building-collapse-pictures