1 dead, 3 injured in Borough Park building explosion
Updated 35 mins ago
BOROUGH PARK (WABC) -- The FDNY said that an explosion in a Brooklyn building may have been caused when a tenant was attempting to swap out a stove before moving.
At least one person is dead and three others were hurt when the Borough Park building exploded Saturday afternoon.
The surviving victims were taken to Methodist Hospital. The three people who were injured were pedestrians, including one child who was 10 years old. They were all injured by falling debris. One of the victims is in critical condition, but is not believed to have life-threatening injuries. The victim who died was a woman in her sixties who was standing in the stairwell of her building.
A building caught fire in the 4200 block of 13th Avenue in Borough Park following an explosion. WABC More than 100 firefighters responded around 1 p.m. to the two-alarm fire that followed an explosion in the 4200 block of 13th Avenue in Borough Park. Smoke was very heavy in the area, and a portion of the building involved had collapsed.
The building is a three-story, mixed-use building with a business on the ground level and apartments above. City property records describe the building as residential, with space for a store or office.
National Grid responded and was working under the direction of the FDNY to shut off gas in the area.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a statement Saturday afternoon about the fire. "This explosion is the latest in a disturbing trend of incidents that occurred in Harlem and the East Village," it said. "In light of this, I am directing the State Department of Public Service to undertake an investigation into the cause of this incident. That investigation is ongoing, and updates will be provided to the public as soon as they are available."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.