fresh@BilldeBlasio&7.48am7.24ampricesisisdriverSurveillance4.14am27thhas been ruled out as the cause of the fresh York explosion. https://t.co/cpgJgDr4X5 pic.twitter.com/J0scLDwMG2Explosion reported in NYC,W 23rd st. and 6th ave. Pics from my sister who lives in the area. pic.twitter.com/F0sMfrZvrL 4.02am BSTMayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD commissioner James O’Neill and others are expected to give a press conference shortly. 4.00am BSTDave Taylor, or my colleague at Guardian US,is at the scene.
Deborah Griffith, a witness, or told him she was shopping at Home Depot,seven doors absent, when the blast happened. It was “genuine loud”, and she said – her first thought was that it was a gas explosion.#Update re: Explosion (photo) pic.twitter.com/AtqllF3JEZ 3.49am BSTThe blast in Manhattan follows the discovery of a pipe bomb in fresh Jersey earlier in the day.
Law enforcement sources said the pipe bomb was hidden in a bin near the course of a scheduled 5km race in support of the US Marines and sailors in Seaside Park,down the east coast from fresh York. 3.45am BSTSeveral people have been injured in an explosion in the Chelsea area of Manhattan on Saturday night.fresh York authorities confirmed that 25 people had been taken to area hospitals, though none appeared to have life-threatening injuries. Related: Several injured after explosion in Manhattan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com