Happened about 10 minutes ago (around 3:20 pm). Nothing on news yet, but some tweets.
There was just an explosion on 2nd avenue and 7th street east village pic.twitter.com/jvSbfdCSSe
— Jonathan (@jmeyers44) March 26, 2015
Huge explosion at 7th St and 2nd ave pic.twitter.com/0fUGs1Jy60 — Erika Eichelberger (@eichelberger_e) March 26, 2015
VIDEO: Explosion in Manhattan #eastvillage pic.twitter.com/RBRCHSp6oB @perrykroll
— Breaking News (@NewsOnTheMin) March 26, 2015
Updates below the fold… Update (3:40 pm): Early reports of multiple injuries. Edifice collapsed. Still a huge fire, visible for miles, spreading to other buildings. Live coverage here. Update (3:50 pm): Early reports that explosion came from sushi restaurant on first floor of five-story building.
Incendio en el East Village, en la 2a avenida con la séptima. Pocos datos. Impresionante foto. Foto: @jmeyers44 pic.twitter.com/o2Krs2xR6M — Jordi de Niro (@jordi_niro) March 26, 2015
Update: (4:00 pm): Building has collapsed. Fire still raging. Below is some video taken after the initial explosion but before the fire started….
Major explosion on 2nd ave and 7th street. New Yorkers being awesome and helping this young lady get down! pic.twitter.com/YxGh2C68IP
— Niraj Desai (@nayramz) March 26, 2015
There’s a couple of new apps — Meerkat and Periscope — that allow people to stream video through Twitter. As a side note, this fire is a testing ground for those apps. People are now sending live feeds through Twitter, and it is working well (I’m watching through Meerkat)
Update (4:30 pm): Reports of 2 in critical condition; other multiple injuries; fire almost contained.
FINAL UPDATE (next day): 25 injured, 2 missing and unaccounted for.