Did a Gas Leak Cause N.Y. Apartment Blast?

Oct 07, 10:50 AM

Current Headlines: NEW YORK (AP) -- An apparent gas leak caused a Manhattan apartment building to explode, injuring 20 people, four of them children who were critically burned, officials said.

The explosion blew out some of the 20-unit building's walls just after 4 p.m. in upper Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, witnesses said. Residents said they heard the explosion blocks away, then screams.

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