Explosion causes fire in Manhattan
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A transformer exploded Wednesday afternoon near Manhattan's Grand Central train station, possibly a result of steam underground, New York Police Department told CNN.
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Three people were injured when an explosion leveled a house, ignited a fire in a neighboring house and blew out windows in dozens of others Monday afternoon.
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Three city firefighters were killed while responding to two separate apartment blazes &#151; the deadliest day for New York firefighters since the 2001 terror attacks.
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A brief power outage darkened a large swath of Manhattan and the Bronx on Wednesday, knocking out traffic lights, cutting subway service and forcing the evacuation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on one of the hottest days of the year.
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An explosion rocks New York, sending fear over a city that knows it is a target of terror.
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An explosion injures several people in a building in Barcelona.
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A stubborn fire raged for 5 1/2 hours on the 29th floor of a historic downtown skyscraper, shooting flames from windows and sending at least 37 people to hospitals, most of them firefighters who suffered smoke inhalation.
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Fire broke out high in a historic downtown skyscraper Monday evening, belching smoke and flames from windows as firefighters helped workers to safety through darkened stairways.
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A fire at the WABC-TV studios in Manhattan knocked out Sunday night's programming and caused the evacuation of the television network's building.
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A powerful explosion tore through a building in inner-city Sydney on Monday, injuring two men and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, Australian officials said.
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Fire destroyed an apartment building and a synagogue, killing at least one person, authorities said. A separate blaze in York, Penn., burned down a home early Saturday, killing four people and injuring three others who leapt from the building to safety.
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A fire at the WABC-TV studio in New York City interrupted Sunday night's broadcast and caused the evacuation of the television network's building.
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A four-story building on Manhattan&#039;s Upper East Side collapsed into a pile of rubble Monday after a thunderous explosion that hurled fireballs skyward and left an upscale block littered with bricks, broken glass and splintered wood.
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An explosion was reported at the News Corp building in midtown Manhattan on Monday, a New York Fire Department spokeswoman said.
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A transformer exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, creating a huge plume of smoke and sending pedestrians fleeing from the scene, but police said the blast did not look suspicious.
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An explosion leveled a house, sparking a fire that gutted a neighboring home and damaging 20 more Monday afternoon, authorities said. Four people were injured.
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A transformer exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, creating a roar and a huge plume of smoke and sending pedestrians fleeing from the area in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.