Family or was the home illegally divided. 16 people is a lot of people in a duplex. Its also a holiday. Reporter at least seven homes were damaged with items falling off walls. Crews went to check the stability of all of the structures. Houses behind the blast were also damaged. Windows came down and everything. But the house didnt go down, thank god. Thank god shes okay. Youre looking live back here at the scene. You can see the activity taking place right out here. You can see all that rubble and debris thats been pulled out of the house. Theyve been working to pull that out all afternoon. We did get word they were able to pull two dogs that survived the whole entire blast. They were in the home next door to the home that dogs were rescued and expected to survive. One man did die, a 24yearold man who lived in the second floor on the backside of the house where the blast occurred. That is the latest live from elizabeth, new jersey, anthony johnson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Weve got
Out who was accounted for and who was not. The Fire Department is currently shoring you this building. Reporter up this building. Reporter crews called at least 13 people out of the rubble. One of them did not survive. The house that was destroyed was a two family home. Officials say it was relatively new but they will check the records see if any gas leak was being done inside the home. The explosion pancaked the second floor onto the first floor and the down. Reporter this is a google map picture of house before the explosion. And this is what it looks like now. The name of the victim has not yet been released. But according to one neighbor, the Family Living in the home that exploded had recently moved in. Doing [ inaudible ] most of the people were in the rear of the building. Some were actually still sleeping at the time of the explosion. And let me tell you, the first responders, the elizabeth Fire Department, did an absolutely miraculous job in getting these people out of the bu
Have contributed to this deadly explosion. Reporter the blast was so powerful, video from a nearby business shows chunks from the building rocketing in to the air as the house deteriorated in momeths. In moments. I got scared. My sister was screaming. I thought it was an airplane crash. The explosion pancaked the second floor on to the first floor. When it was over, one person was dead. Rescue workers were scrambling to pull others to safety. Even now they cant be sure everyone made it out. Its going to take a lot of hours to take this off layer by layer and make sure theres no one else in there. Reporter officials blame the explosion on what they call a gas episode on the second floor of the multifamily home. The force of the blast leveled the building and severely damaged the house next door. Aside from the one fatality, two people were critically hurt including an 11yearold boy. More than a dozen others also injured. Officials believe the casualty count because school was out for ve
Brooklyn over to the Lower East Side we have rain on the cram and showers around and it can camera camera around and showers around. But you tack on the northeasterly wind and it feels like 40. Kingston. 50 around sparta new jersey and central southern jersey. There you see the wind coming northeast. And thats a tough wind. Thats a mean wind. Its chilly windy rainy raw this morning on veterans day. To 59. Grab the warm rain gear for the umbrella. Warm boots and shoes and that stuff. Heather has problems on in new england thruway going north this morning. We have some lanes reopened. The web cam and you can see thereafter is just bumper to thruway. Over to the maps and explain to you where this is. Northbound exit 15 up to 16 and an accident involving two tractortrailers. Two lanes are closed down all lanes were closed down but you can see you have a very heavy delay as you come up into the area of new rochelle. We have our a. Trains, fast track, no trains between 168th street and 207th
We did talk to residents and they told us early this morning they smell the gas. This video shows the blast as it happened. This is cell phone video taken just moments after the massive blast which demolished a two family home. Neighbors quickly rushed out, stunned as the collapsed house was smoking. I got scared. My sisters were screaming and i thought it was an airplane plane, a bomb. I dont know. There was an initial fire with the explosion which caused the burns and the fire was put out after the initial explosion. 1035 building is totally collapsed. Major damage. Reporter emergency crews rushed to the scene to try to help the victims trapped inside the collapsed home. They hads most amount of victim they had the most floor and they had to crawl in to remove them reporter the explosion sent debris shooting out in every direction. There were a total of 16 people in the house at the time of the blast which apparently ignited on the second floor. Most of the people were in the rear of