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hi-rise apartment fire less than three miles away in the same borough. eight children died from smoke inhalation after a space heater malfunctioned. this frightening event after the inferno we saw just days ago just really adds the pressure on the bronx. reporter: late this afternoon, fire officials said someone did report smelling gas shortly before the explosion, but it s unclear if there was a gas leak. they say they re still investigating what caused this to happen. norah. o donnell: nancy chen on the scene, thank you. well, in a stunning twist today, three suburban philadelphia police officers were charged in the shooting death last summer of an eight-year-old girl. they fired into a crowd trying to break up a gun fight. we get more now from cbs meg oliver. reporter: nearly five months after the shooting of eight-year-old fanta bility, three sharon hill police officers were charged in connection with her death. today, following a grand jury
ll as in the hi-rise buildings there. there are many residential structures in that area as well. so heroic rescue workers were down there trying to get people out of the building when the first building came down and then t second building did as well.in looking atound and this, there is a kind of surreal quality. but at i the epicenter of a great, great national tragedy and a great loss of life. bo question about it this ki morning. we re talking about people who were hurt, perhaps killed in this blast. many of them have been brought to area hospitals including st. vincent s hospital. bob bazell is there. what s the latest? reporter: katie, ambulances continue to stream in. several new york city streets have been closed, major avenues have been closed so that ambulances can continue to come in. in addition, the new york city subway system has now been closed down. and several buildings that were not involved in the world tr ad center area have bn shut down. and people have been t