After beginning construction at John F. Kennedy High School in the Marble Hill section of Manhattan, an explosion happened on Thursday night.
The explosion was due to a gas line not being completely drained out.
There were 7 workers on sight, 3 workers have been reports to be injured, one critically.
According to NYTimes,
The force of the explosion blew out windows on the sixth floor and shook a nearby apartment building, according to officials and witnesses. The police said that the blast “heavily damaged” the fourth, fifth and sixth floors of the building, but that no serious fire lingered after the initial explosion.
“There is an incredible amount of debris,” a city official said. “It seems like some exterior walls, the integrity of the walls, are in question. But there is no fire.” The city official said the injured workers were “believed to be all contractors.” Officials said that the three injured workers were all male and that all three were rushed to Jacobi Medical Center.
Mayor Bill de Blasio conferring with officials at the scene on Thursday night. Credit Uli Seit for The New York Times
The city official said that all three were believed to have suffered burns and that “searches are underway and continuing” for anyone else who may have been injured in the blast. It is believed that the four other workers were at the location at the time, but it was not immediately clear if they were injured.Nearly 140 firefighters responded to the scene.
It’s an unfortunate accident, Hopeful prayers out to all those injured, and to all involved with the high school.