Part of a high -rise apartment building in the city of New York It collapsed on Wednesday morning, leaving a corner of the public housing building turned into a lot of debris.
The city’s fire department said it had no immediate reports of injured. He said he was responding to a report of a gas explosion that collapsed an incineration duct in the 20 -story building in the Bronx. The authorities said that no housing was affected.
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“An investigation is being carried out to determine the cause of this event and the scope of the damages, beyond the external damage reported in the chimney”, Said the city’s housing authority in a statement.
The video images of the place show a high -height building with a corner collapsed from the ground floor to the roof. The videos recorded by nearby residents show a cloud of dust that rises on the apple moments after the collapse, which occurred around 8:10 in the morning.
Among the debris, airs were seen, which seem to have been torn from the windows of the apartments due to the fall of the bricks.
Firefighters in the collapse scene after Bronx gas explosion. Photo: @mdiamond8/x
The mayor Eric Adams He said they had been informed about the emergency and that the authorities were still performing a complete evaluation. “For their safety, they avoid the area,” he wrote in X.
The Municipal Police said that he received 911 calls about the collapse of a building shortly after 8 in the morning on Wednesday in the Mitchel Houses building.
“Upon arriving, the agents observed a partial collapse of the building,” said New York Police Department in a statement. Firefighters, municipal officials responsible for the construction and the public services company with Edison appeared in the place, while the agents established a perimeter around the area.
The incineration ducts of New York City buildings were formerly used to eliminate garbage, which was then burned in situ. However, they have been replaced by garbage compactors, which can use the same ducts.
Around half a million New Yorkers live in old buildings managed by the largest housing authority in the country, known as Nycha. System tenants have been complaining about the presence of rodents, mold and heating and hot water cuts.
Many of the properties date from the 40s, 50s and 60s in 2019, a federal supervisor was appointed to address chronic problems such as lead paint, mold and lack of heating. When his five -year term ended in 2024, the supervisor, Bart Schwartz, said that the general problem for residents remained the “physical bad condition of the Nycha buildings.”
