Security camera footage has surfaced of the explosion that rocked Manhattan’s East Village on Thursday. A resulting seven-alarm fire demolished three buildings and injured at least 22 people, four of them critically. At least two people are still missing.
The 40-second video clip, which ABC 7 obtained from a local business, depicts a relatively quiet afternoon with people chatting and the occasional car driving by, before a powerful explosion tears through an apartment building and sends debris flying across the street.
Preliminary evidence suggests workers in the basement of the building shown in the video struck a gas main at the time the explosion occurred.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio lauded the efforts of first responders and New York citizens who helped building residents and bystanders to safety.
“This city knows how to handle adversity,” he said at a Friday press briefing. “We never welcome it. We know it will come but we know how to handle it. People band together.”
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