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BREAKING NEWS: URGENT -- Building collapses in Manhattan, injuries reported
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A six-story apartment building in New York City collapsed on Wednesday morning after a large explosion, injuring around a dozen people and prompting a large emergency response, officials and witnesses said. It was not immediately known if anyone was still trapped.
The incident happened at around 9:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday when a large explosion happened at 116th Street and Park Avenue in East Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Footage from the scene showed that a part of the six-story building, located close to elevated train tracks, had completely collapsed to the ground floor. A New York Fire Department spokesperson said around a dozen people were injured, including some who were taken to area hospitals.
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