Sunday marks 9 years since deadly East Harlem gas explosion
Eight people were killed and dozens were injured as the blast destroyed a five-story building.
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Eight people were killed and dozens were injured as the blast destroyed a five-story building.
The report's findings are similar to those released this summer by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Federal investigators said a poorly welded joint in a Con Edison gas line and a break in an old city sewer line were the likely causes of the blast.
A ceremony will be held Friday honoring one of the victims of last year's gas explosion in East Harlem.
The report by the National Transportation Safety Board was among 161 documents made public Wednesday.
A memorial service Thursday is commemorating the one-year anniversary of a gas explosion in East Harlem that leveled two buildings and killed eight people.
City Comptroller Scott Stringer's office says it has received 205 notices of claim surrounding the March 12 gas blast as of Monday.
Kadeisha Joseph said she now suffers from constant neck and back pain and has had to give up her job working with disabled children.
The New York City Fire Department will now have a much greater role in responding to reports of possible gas leaks, according to an order made by Mayor Bill de Blasio in response to East Harlem explosion.
Con Edison President Craig Ivey says the utility is starting a pilot program to have trucks that scan for stray voltage check for gas leaks as well.
Carmen Quinones lost her daughter Griselde Camacho in the March 12 blast. Quinones has been at Mount Sinai Medical Center for the past month after suffering a brain hemorrhage, a fractured spine and a broken wrist in the explosion.
The company said the payments were made Thursday, a day after the blast.
Friends and family said goodbye Wednesday to three of the eight victims killed in last week's massive explosion in East Harlem.
Families who lost loved ones in other gas disasters are hoping last week's deadly East Harlem explosion is a wake-up call for Con Edison.
Community and religious leaders held a moment of silence at 9:31 a.m. Wednesday to mark the passing of one week since the explosion.
The NTSB released an update Tuesday saying the 8-inch cast iron and plastic main between 116th and 117th streetes failed a pressure test and that tracer pumped into the main exposed the leak.
The medical examiner said the seven victims died from either blunt trauma or smoke inhalation and classified their deaths as accidents. Results were still pending on the eighth victim.
A church hit by the loss of two members in an explosion that destroyed two New York City apartment buildings remembered the women in services Sunday with tears mixing in with the sounds of gospel, as members of a church that was demolished in the collapse joined another nearby house of worship for its service.
The pastor of the church destroyed in the East Harlem explosion was so overwhelmed by the discovery of the church's original bible that he was taken to the hospital.
Con Edison crews discovered an alarming natural gas concentration near the scene of the deadly East Harlem building explosion this week, a National Transportation Safety Board member said Friday.
More than 100 people who lost their homes in the blast will be given both temporary and long-term housing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
Anyone needing help with pets affected by the explosion should call the NYC Disaster Relief Pet Hotline at 866-816-4804.
Eight people are now confirmed dead in the blast that also injured more than 60 others. Others are still believed to be missing.
About two dozen clergy members and community leaders gathered for a vigil just one day after a fatal gas explosion in East Harlem.
The MTA provided buses throughout the night to take people from a Red Cross center to a shelter at the Salvation Army.
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Family and the Bridgeton, N.J., community held a vigil Wednesday, marking seven years since Dulce Maria Alavez's disappearance.
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Fire departments were hard at work in Paterson, New Jersey, and Fairfield County, Connecticut, due to flash flooding on Sunday morning.
Rainy weather makes a return to the New York City area this weekend.
After a week filled with periods of storminess and high humidity, a calmer and drier weather pattern is settling in for the holiday weekend.
Severe storms returned to the Tri-State Area, making it a soggy Thursday morning.
The rain returns Tuesday with the possibility of severe storms and downpours that can cause flash flooding in the New York City area.
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