"A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said. Firefighters responded shortly before 12.30am to the 17-story New York City housing authority (Nycha) building in the Bronx, where people were seen leaning out of windows calling for help as flames engulfed parts of the top floors, officials said."
"The New York fire department chief, John Esposito, said firefighters were investigating reports of a gas odor on the 15th and 16th floors when the explosion occurred. He said there was major structural damage to about a dozen apartments and fires in 10 apartments on the 16th and 17th floors. Authorities did not immediately release information on the person who died."
A gas explosion raced through the top floors of a 17-story NYCHA building in the Bronx early Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits. Firefighters responded shortly before 12:30 a.m.; people were seen leaning out of windows calling for help while flames engulfed parts of the 16th and 17th floors. Investigators were probing reports of a gas odor on the 15th and 16th floors when the blast occurred. About a dozen apartments suffered major structural damage and fires affected 10 units. Officials reported one critically injured, five seriously injured and eight with minor injuries. More than 200 emergency crews worked the scene, and a reception center and Red Cross were set up for displaced residents.
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