Thursday 13 March 2014
Death Toll in Harlem Explosion rising
EAST HARLEM — The death toll of the Park Avenue gas explosion grew to seven Thursday as emergency workers continued to comb through the sti...
EAST HARLEM — The death toll of the Park Avenue gas explosion grew to seven Thursday as emergency workers continued to comb through the still-smoldering rubble of two flattened buildings.
Searchers pulled out three men and a woman. They hadn't been identified as of early Thursday, an NYPD spokesman said.
Three other women, including a beloved CUNY security guard named Griselde Camacho, Carmen Tanco, 67, and Rosaura Hernandez, 21, were also killed in the blast which leveled 1644 and 1646 Park Avenue at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, officials said.
The buildings were mixed-use and included a church, a piano shop and apartments.
At least four people were still missing, police said. Two are critically hurt and five had serious injuries, an FDNY spokesman said. He said another 27 were taken to hospitals with minor injuries.
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