Gas leak eyed as possible cause of New Jersey house explosion
Investigators are still on the scene of a house explosion that rocked a neighborhood in Westfield, New Jersey. CBS New York's Christine Sloan has the latest.
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Investigators are still on the scene of a house explosion that rocked a neighborhood in Westfield, New Jersey. CBS New York's Christine Sloan has the latest.
Neighbors were startled when a vacant house suddenly exploded and went up in flames overnight in Westfield, New Jersey. CBS New York's Derick Waller reports from the scene.
Two eastbound lanes of Route 3 reopened overnight in Clifton, New Jersey after Monday's deadly tractor-trailer explosion that sparked a large fire and shut down the highway. CBS New York's Christina Fan has the latest from the scene.
Route 3 is closed in Clifton, New Jersey after a tractor-trailer exploded and sparked a large fire, prompting nearby homes to be evacuated. CBS New York's Christine Sloan has reaction from neighbors.
Route 3 is closed in Clifton, New Jersey after a tractor-trailer exploded and sparked a large fire, prompting nearby homes to be evacuated. Chopper 2 has extended coverage live over the scene.
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Nearly a dozen other firefighters and two civilians were injured in the explosion, officials said.
Several people were rescued from the basement who were not able to get out on their own.
There was an inferno early Monday morning on the northbound lanes of Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights. Fire officials said a gasoline tanker truck overturned after colliding with another vehicle. CBS New York's Christine Sloan reports.
The incident was reported shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday at 580 Main Street, south of the Roosevelt Island Bridge & Tram.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul reported that prior to the explosion, New York State Electric & Gas personnel were "on site responding to a reported gas odor."
Investigators say construction workers ruptured a gas line, sparking a fire and causing four row homes to collapse. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook is on the scene.
The explosion destroyed three structures and damaged at least a dozen others, authorities said.
A fourth body has been recovered in Atlantic County as crews returned to the site of a deadly house explosion.
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A once two-story building is now a pile of rubble – walls peeled away, rooms exposed. Neighbors up and down South Pine Lane say they felt the earth tremble. CBS New York's Christina Fan reports. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3rEk0yH
Police said it started after someone threw a lit object into the woods.
Police said a home security system captured someone throwing a lit object into the woods.
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Six firefighters were inside the house at the time, but all were said to be OK, CBS2's Christine Sloan reports.
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When crews arrived on the scene on Williams Avenue in the New Lots section, there were large flames on the first floor in the back of the building, FDNY officials said.
Mangione's lawyers asked a New York federal judge to toss several charges, including the one that carries the death penalty.
When crews arrived on the scene on Williams Avenue in the New Lots section, there were large flames on the first floor in the back of the building, FDNY officials said.
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