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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140312:14:14:00

we re continuing our breaking news coverage. this is another angle, something we haven t seen before at 116th street and park avenue in manhattan, where now we are hearing from the fire department of new york that this is a partial building collapse with a fire. so, they aren t using the word explosion yet, but it does appear that that s what precipitated what we re seeing right now, an extraordinarily heavy smoke condition and reports you can see this hope all the way to midtown. if you re not familiar with new york city, the trains often originate in grand central station, that s at 42nd street. we are talking about 116th street, so 74 blocks away, and in that area, all the way down

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140312:14:58:00

explosion, the extent of the damage it did? violent explosion, which makes you think a pent-up gas explosion. no reason to believe chemicals at this point to give you that kind of explosion. i would think they severed a gas line or maybe it was built up in the building and one of the areas that wasn t occupied, two buildings there, i think, so it was either a built-up gas explosion that ignited by a worker or hot water heater, gas unit, could be anything. once that pops like that, you get an enormous amount of debris, that s probably where the original injuries were from and started the fire and now the fire is roaring, building collapses, and here we are. let me ask you finally and very quickly, if i can, exactly what other units, obviously, we know the firefighters are there fighting the fire, the rescue units around the scene, as a matter of abundance of caution,

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140312:14:50:00

and let me ask you, finally, you know, obviously, there s a lot of concern. we heard the initial reports, not surprisingly, of people running away from the scene. i should tell people, because often the first thing that comes to mind when you hear an explosion related to new york city, could this be some sort of terror, and there is a joint terrorism task force that routinely responds in these situations, but there s absolutely no indication that this is any sort of terror activity. it sounds like it was an explosion. do you know if there was any work being done on the building or anything to indicate what might have caused this, matthew? that s unclear. i m unaware of work being done at the time, and we hadn t heard of any issues with this building. absolutely, we ve not heard any reports of potential terror. it s not something that i anticipate, but everything is being investigated at this time.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140312:14:31:15

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140312:14:31:15
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