Officials today believe that stove was in francescas apartment. Fdny and nypd are taking it very slowly. Its an active investigation, and there is a fear that there still may be one body in the building, and so they are moving very, very slowly, and its also an active investigation. It is not clear what caused the gas explosion, and so theyre investigating and looking at that. Reporter coming up at 6 youll hear from francescas sister, her children, her family are out here waiting for some word either word, that shes okay or did not make it out alive. Three others walking by this building were also hurt, a 9 yearold boy and his father. Today i spoke with his wife. She told me her husband is resting in the hospital. He has a fractured leg and a fractured ankle. Her little boy was also injured in this. Theyre at methodist tonight. For now were live in borough park, Kemberly Richardson channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you from brooklyn to queens where police are looking for the driver in a
Are hearing from the family of another woman who hasnt been seen or heard from since the blast. Eyewitness News Reporter Kemberly Richardson joins us now. Reporter sandra, Francesca Figueroa is a mother of 3 but hasnt been seen or heard from since an explosion ripped through this building. Look at this, this heavy equipment here, this equipment was used to rip down what was left of the building where the explosion happened, and a second building that was right next door. Francescas sister tells Eyewitness News one second she was on the phone with francesca, the next she was gone. She didnt deserve to die this way. She was a fighter, a real hard worker. Right now shes torn between two agonizing worlds, her entire family is, her sister francesca has not been seen or heard from since yesterday afternoon around 1 when the building francesca was moving out of blew up. This Surveillance Video shows the second a huge explosion rocked the structure. Just before this, the women were talking on
One of her relatives spoke to her in the building earlier in the day, and they havent heard from her since then. Surveillance video shows figueroas threestory Apartment Building in borough Park Brooklyn exploding saturday afternoon. Figueroa was on the phone with her sister milagros seconds before the explosion. Milagros spoke to us through a translator. She was a fighter, a real hard worker. She never said no to anything. She was very calm and she said she had to clean. It was less than 5 minutes and i never spoke to her again. One body has been removed from the rubble, the glass killed 64yearold ligia puello who was in the stairwell. Eyewitness News Reporter Kemberly Richardson spoke with her sisterinlaw. She was a very religious woman. She was a humble person. She was a family woman. Her husband just died a year ago. She lived there with her daughter. Her daughter had gone off to the Dominican Republic to visit her son. She was alone. Crews had been working around the clock removal
To the north around 39 around monticello. Grab a jacket or a sweater. Well be at 60 by noontime, 65 this afternoon. Debbie duhaime is up in the Traffic Center in for heather this morning. Youve got troubles out there this morning, got a car fire going on. A car fire on route 1. If youre heading to route 1 northbound, watch for that car fire, at least one lane blocked. An issue as well with the lirr. Over on the lirr, Port Jefferson branch, watch for delays due to a broken rail in cold spring harbor. Well keep an eye on that for you. Metro north and new Jersey Transit on time. Metro north on the new haven line opposite side boarding west haven strafford and milford stations as well because of track work. L. I. E. Westbound at woodhaven boulevard. Its an accident being cleared. Lets go over to our webcam. Heres a look at 18 northbound, moving slowly up toward route 1. Route 1 northbound, its a car fire. Alternate side suspended. Back to you. Ken, lori. S its 6 01 in brooklyn, woman still
A mysterious death in manhattan. The body of a woman found in the doorway of an apartment building. Now witnesses reveal new details about this grizzly discovery, and who police are looking for tonight. First, an active search underway at the side of a deadly gas explosion. A woman missing since the blast, and her family desperate for answers, as authorities identify the first victim of that explosion. Good evening, everyone, im sandra bookman. And im joe torres. There are k9 units at the scene to help police in the search through the rubble. Authorities are searching for francisca figueroa. Identify the woman found in the building stairwell as lehi abuero. Lucy lang is in borough park tonight. Reporter it is still a is very active investigation with multiple agencies on site. The latest word is at least two buildings will have to be demolished, but before that, investigators need to go through all the debris very carefully to find the cause of this gas explosion and to find the second