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    Thursday, April 25, 2024

    New York City mayor: 1 dead, 3 injured in Brooklyn apparent gas blast

    Firefighters work on the scene of an explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Oct. 3, 2015. A gas leak was strongly suspected to be the cause of the explosion in Borough Park that killed one and injured three. (Robert Stolarik/The New York Times)

    New York — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says officials suspect a gas explosion killed one person and injured three others in Brooklyn.

    More than 200 firefighters remain at the scene Saturday at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood.

    De Blasio says the incident "shows some signs of being gas-related."

    The front of the building was blown into the street.

    The mayor says police and fire marshals were still conducting an investigation.

    Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro says the explosion apparently happened after a stove was disconnected.

    Councilman Brad Lander says the woman who died was in her 60s and was living in a third-floor apartment in the building.

    Two men and a 10-year-old boy walking by were injured. Their injuries are considered not life-threatening.

    Onlookers watch as firefighters work at the at the scene of an explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Firefighters in New York say one person is dead and three more have been injured in an apparent explosion and fire at a three-story building in the Borough Park neighborhood. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
    Firefighters work on the scene of an explosion in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Oct. 3, 2015. A gas leak was strongly suspected to be the cause of the explosion in Borough Park that killed one and injured three. (Robert Stolarik/The New York Times)

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