I just heard that there’s been an explosion in New York City. Our local news said that there were reports 5 minutes ago of explosions in Manhattan and people running in the street. We just turned to CNN but they aren’t reporting anything yet.
This might not be anything. I hope it isn’t!
I’ll update this post if I get anymore news.
Update 7:30 PM EST –
Apparently a huge steam pipe burst (20″ pipe) and that some how caused a transformer to explode. Buildings shook and there might be a crater in the street. It’s located at 41st and Lexington in Midtown Manhattan.
It’s known at this time that three people were injured, but there are other reports of 12 people injured.
Police are clearing the area because of fears of possible contaminants.
This happened right around 6 pm.
They don’t believe that this was an act of terrorism but I suppose they’ll know more soon.
If you look at the flickr photos that someone was kind enough to send a link to in the comments below you’ll see that there’s lots of what appears to be smoke in the air. It’s a scary looking scene.
Holy crap, Tricia! What time did you hear this?
http://flickr.com/photos/51396355@N00/tags/explosion/
Wow Randi those photos have a bit of a 911 look to them. People in that area must just be freaking out!
Cool shots though – did you take them?
Lisa and I have been talking by email … that’s how I came to update my post – she asked what the explosion was and I went looking for more info. Pretty scary I’m sure.
oh dear…as if people are not suffering enough 🙁
New York is unlucky in fiction and real-life. 🙁 I just hate that when anything like this happens, the first thing people think these days is terrorism, and people become so frightened. Let the facts come out first before you jump to conclusions, I say. Did anyone die?
Steam pipe explosions seem to be happening all the time! It must a symptom of an aging city.
Wow. I cannot believe how scary that looks. I haven’t heard a word one on our local news station, though they aren’t real great about updating. I’m sure it will be on the noon news.
It does have a familiar look to it, doesn’t it. Sad 🙁
Anything like this is going to bring back memories…