Fifteen people were injured after a gas line ruptured in New York state, causing a massive fire at a multi-family building that collapsed, officials said.
Fifteen people were injured, including five first responders, after a gas line ruptured in New York state on Thursday, causing a massive fire at a multi-family building that collapsed, officials said.
"By arrival we had a working fire with multiple people trapped," Wappingers Falls Fire Chief Jason Enson told reporters during a briefing. "The fire department and multiple agencies did an excellent job on pulling those victims out." The impacted two-story building was composed of four apartments in a row with a basement, officials said. Authorities are still investigating whether all victims have been removed from the rubble.
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