The 2006 62nd Street explosion was an gas explosion and fire that destroyed a building on East 62nd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan on Monday, July 10, 2006.
reportedly was a four-story residential building that housed apartments and doctors' offices. New York City Fire Department spokeswoman Emily Rahimi said the department received a call reporting the explosion at 8:40 a.m. Reports indicate that at least one person was transported to the hospital, and Ann McGovern, a neighbor from across the street from the building was quoted by CNN as saying she "witnessed two bloody people exiting the building just minutes after the explosion." Smoke from the fire could be seen across Midtown and the Upper East Side.

News from Washington D.C. reported that the incident was not an act of terrorism.

10 FDNY firefighters have been taken to the hospital.

Larry King, who was in a hotel nearby, compared the explosion to an earthquake and said "I've never heard a sound like that."

Units are beginning to go back in service, starting with Rescue 1.

Sources

[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13801112/ (MSNBC/AP)]

(Reuters)

(WNBC)

(Associated Press)

(CNN)

(WABC)

(News Day online)