Kaymara
07-10-2006, 10:01 AM
NEWS ALERT The building collapse in New York City is not an act of terrorism "as far as we know at this point," White House spokesman Tony Snow said.
Monday, July 10, 2006; Posted: 9:59 a.m. EDT (13:59 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An explosion and fire leveled a residential building on New York's Upper East Side Monday morning, fire officials and eyewitnesses told CNN.
At least one person was transported to the hospital, New York firefighters told CNN personnel on the scene.
Ann McGovern, a neighbor across the street from the three-story E. 62nd Street location, told CNN she "witnessed two bloody people exiting the building just minutes after the explosion."
The New York Fire Department received a call reporting the explosion at 8:40 a.m., department spokeswoman Emily Rahimi said.
Smoke from the fire could be seen across Midtown and Manhattan's Upper East Side.
There were doctors' offices and residences in the building.
New York police were also on the scene.
CNN's Larry King was in a hotel nearby at the time of the explosion. He said it felt like an earthquake.
"I've never heard a sound like that," King said.
Monday, July 10, 2006; Posted: 9:59 a.m. EDT (13:59 GMT)
NEW YORK (CNN) -- An explosion and fire leveled a residential building on New York's Upper East Side Monday morning, fire officials and eyewitnesses told CNN.
At least one person was transported to the hospital, New York firefighters told CNN personnel on the scene.
Ann McGovern, a neighbor across the street from the three-story E. 62nd Street location, told CNN she "witnessed two bloody people exiting the building just minutes after the explosion."
The New York Fire Department received a call reporting the explosion at 8:40 a.m., department spokeswoman Emily Rahimi said.
Smoke from the fire could be seen across Midtown and Manhattan's Upper East Side.
There were doctors' offices and residences in the building.
New York police were also on the scene.
CNN's Larry King was in a hotel nearby at the time of the explosion. He said it felt like an earthquake.
"I've never heard a sound like that," King said.