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New York

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Mar 13, 2014, 07:04 PM Mar 2014

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Death toll reaches 8 in East Harlem building explosion

NEW YORK (AP/PIX11) — An eighth person has been confirmed killed by an explosion that flattened two New York City apartment buildings.

The person’s identity has not yet been released. Firefighters are still looking for more victims.

The latest recovery comes after officials confirmed at about 7:20 a.m. Thursday morning that a seventh body had been pulled from the debris.

Fire department spokesman Michael Parrella says the body of an unidentified male was found in the rubble around 3:15 a.m. Thursday. A half hour earlier, a woman’s body had been found.

Read more: http://pix11.com/2014/03/13/death-toll-reaches-6-in-east-harlem-building-explosion/#ixzz2vt2tt2Sr