Bronx, Gas Explosion and NYCHA apartment building
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The day after a partial building collapse at NYCHA’s Mitchel Houses in Mott Haven, Rep. Ritchie Torres visited the site to call for federal emergency
A massive gas explosion blew a huge chunk out of a Bronx public housing building Wednesday morning, sending bricks raining down onto the sidewalk and leaving a gaping hole in the facade.
Multiple residents reported the smell of natural gas on Friday morning, but no dangerous levels of gas have been detected so far.