What the records say
- When
- 12 Mar 2014
- Kind
- Explosion
- Coordinates
- 40.80° N, 73.94° W
- Description
- 2014 gas explosion in New York, New York, United States
- Deaths
- 8
- Injured
- 74
2014 East Harlem gas explosion
Explosion caused by gas leak
On March 12, 2014, an explosion occurred at 9:31 a.m. in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The explosion leveled two apartment buildings located just north of 116th Street at 1644 and 1646 Park Avenue, killing eight people, injuring at least 70 others, and displacing 100 families. City officials initially pointed to a gas leak as the cause of the blast.
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