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Explosion in NY

MorningLover — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:05:05 GMT

CHELSEA, Manhattan (WABC) --

At least 25 people have been injured after a possible explosion at

135 West 23rd Street in Manhattan, the FDNY says.

It happened around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. 24 of those injuries are

minor, and one injury is being described as serious. No fatalities

have been reported, and there is no word yet on what caused the

possible explosion.

As a precaution, the NYPD bomb squad is searching area trash

cans for any secondary devices.

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JaneMarple — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:09:14 GMT

I've been reading about it for the last hour! No need to press the panic button because NYC has explosians all the time but the conspiracies have already begun. A nut out in Colorado has already stated without FACTS that it was a bomb!

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MyGirlsMom — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:10:10 GMT

Yes, there has been an explosion on a busy thoroughfare in NYC. Gas has been ruled out but no cause as yet. The NYC news channels have not broken into regular programming for any special reports.

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ROMARY — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:10:27 GMT

Very sad, and wishing them well with complete recoveries. (No news here, (so far); not even a ticker-tape stream at bottom of the tv.)

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tansy — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:12:12 GMT

CNN is reporting on it. No one's injuries are life threatening. Hopefully, there are no other explosions.

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MyGirlsMom — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:13:06 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
Very sad, and wishing them well with complete recoveries. (No news here, (so far); not even a ticker-tape stream at bottom of the tv.)

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MINOR injuries.

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GATORGIRL — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:15:06 GMT

FDNYVerified account ‏@FDNY 18m18 minutes ago

25 injuries to civilians confirmed at 133 W 23 St #Chelsea. None appear to be life-threatening at this time.

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butterfly123 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:16:00 GMT

@ROMARY wrote:
Very sad, and wishing them well with complete recoveries. (No news here, (so far); not even a ticker-tape stream at bottom of the tv.)

I agree @ROMARY

Wishing them well with help for their reported minor injuries.

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MyGirlsMom — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:16:34 GMT

I wish people would wait for facts before they start reporting what ifs.

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eddyandme — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:16:52 GMT

Wasn't there a bomb found in Jersey and they had to cancel a race. News said if they hadn't found it, it was scheduled to blow when the runners were there! They said it was a small device similar in explosion size to the one in Boston. That was horrible!

Maybe the NY explosion is totally unrelated, but it makes you wonder.

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MorningLover — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:18:48 GMT

Heard a dumpster blew up, blowing out the lower

windows of a 14-story residence for the blind.

Witnesses described hearing a massive noise — 100x louder than

thunder. The smell of gunfire filled the air. People flooded the street

from nearby bars and restaurants. Louder than any thunder I’ve

ever heard in my life ! Like the sky exploded. Shook the building !

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ROMARY — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:22:15 GMT

I don't have cable, so thank goodness for those cable news stations, and friends calling me. And my home page does come in handy for news updates.

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MyGirlsMom — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:24:59 GMT

As I posted before, none of the NYC stations have broken telecasting to report any "what ifs. maybe's, or anything else." 48 hours, baseball, football and other shows are on right now. No breathless Reporters rushing to the mics to speculate.

Unfortunately, NYC has it's share of gas explosions, cranes falling, multi alarm fires and so on.

I'll wait for the facts.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:26:45 GMT

ABC News

NEW: Facebook activates Safety Check after explosion on 23rd St. in NYC.

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eddyandme — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:28:31 GMT

@MorningLover wrote:
Heard a dumpster blew up, blowing out the lower
windows of a 14-story residence for the blind.

Witnesses described hearing a massive noise — 100x louder than
thunder. The smell of gunfire filled the air. People flooded the street
from nearby bars and restaurants. Louder than any thunder I’ve
ever heard in my life ! Like the sky exploded. Shook the building !

@MorningLover

How horrible. I think anybody who would do something like that is a cowardly, sicko, scumbag! But, to do something so despicable to a residence for blind people -- just totally inhumane - there are no words to describe that kind of slime. Can you imagine what those poor people must have felt! What is happenning to mankind!

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Beth-QVC — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:34:03 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC because it is political speculation

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JaneMarple — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:36:00 GMT

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
As I posted before, none of the NYC stations have broken telecasting to report any "what ifs. maybe's, or anything else." 48 hours, baseball, football and other shows are on right now. No breathless Reporters rushing to the mics to speculate.

Unfortunately, NYC has it's share of gas explosions, cranes falling, multi alarm fires and so on.
I'll wait for the facts.

@MyGirlsMom So Will I!

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MyGirlsMom — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 02:42:25 GMT

The speculation is some sort of construction debris or related items.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 03:05:10 GMT

Must have been really loud to hear it from your camper in Pittsburgh!

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bonnielu — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 03:11:33 GMT

I hope no one was seriously hurt. As for conspiracy theories.....explosions in trash cans don't happen accidentally. Someone meant harm to others. Hope they catch them.