7 Alarm fire in East Village

#1

7 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:05pm

Happening live now 2nd Avenue and 7th Street. Flames shooting out of building. Huge Explosion. People feared didn't make it out.

Updated On: 3/26/15 at 04:05 PM

#2

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:15pm

The pic I saw looks really bad.

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#3

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:27pm

My office is about 15 blocks away, and the smoke in the air is heavy. The videos I've seen from the site itself is pretty horrifying.

#4

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:32pm

Watching it now.1 building collapsed while firefighters are working on 2 nd building.

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#5

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:36pm

I have a friend who lives 5 blocks away. It's pretty horrific.

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#6

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:43pm

Yeah...my best friend is three blocks down on 4th and 2nd. I can't imagine what it's like in that hood right now. I'm looking out the window of the office and can't see anything in the East Village area...just smoke.

#7

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:44pm

Friend of mine lives down the block, he's fine but freaked out.

#8

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:47pm

Update

7 Alarm 12 injured & 3 critical. None were fire fighters. Turns out 3 buildings were on fire. One eyewitness said she saw a man run from the building right before it exploded.

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#9

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:47pm

This is awful. What a nightmare for everyone affected.

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#10

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:49pm

I can see the smoke and smell the fire from my apt. The footage on tv is just horrendous.

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#11

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:59pm

I didn't even know alarms could go up to 7! Jesus H.

#12

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:03pm

Oh damn! That sounds horrible!!

#13

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:03pm

According to reports, the neighboring building (which housed Pommes Frite) has also collapsed.

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"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

#14

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:07pm

That sure is an intense fire. Smoke just started filling my apt. and I"m several blocks away. I closed all the windows, for fear of Jezebel breathing in smoke.

Oy, they interviewed a young guy who lived in the apt. He and his roommates are alright. He said there are only 4 apt in the building, 15 people. Hopefully all are safe.

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#15

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:08pm

omg.....Pommes Frite <3 R.I.P

#16

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:08pm

Now the consensus from Channel 7 & Channel 2 News was that it was a gas explosion

Stay well Jane

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#17

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:19pm

Someone in my Village group on fb posted that there are 2-3 fatalities and 30 injured. And the building can't be searched for more people yet.

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#18

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:20pm

Jane be safe.....will you be able to stay in your apartment tonight. I wouldn't want to breathe in smoke 24//7.

#19

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:21pm

The number of critically injured has now jumped to 4. In addition, it looks like they will not be able to search the debris of the collapsed building until tomorrow at the earliest.

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#20

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:23pm

http://gothamist.com/2015/03/26/east_village_building_collapse.php#photo-1

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#21

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:25pm

Pammy, thank you. I'm fine once I closed all my windows, the air improved.

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#22

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:35pm

We can smell the smoke all the way up here at Rockefeller Center.

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#23

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:38pm

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#24

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:50pm

Given that there was a restaurant, it's impossible to know who, apart from staff, might have been in there.

#25

5 Alarm fire in East Village

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:50pm

LIve down the street, Pomme Frite Gone, Sushi Park gone. smoke everywhere,