In a video provided to TIME by Dan Bowens, a Fox5 reporter, a building in New York’s East Village neighborhood collapsed Thursday after witnesses reported hearing an explosion, sparking a fire that spread to several other buildings. At least 12 people were hurt.
See the Scene of the East Village Building Collapse and Fire
A building fire is seen from overhead in the East Village of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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A building fire is seen from overhead in the East Village of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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A building on 2nd Avenue burns after a collapse in the East Village section of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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Henry Lihn posted this photo on Instagram of the building collapse and fire in the East Village section of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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A New York Police Department (NYPD) officers signals residents away from the site of a building fire in the East Village neighborhood of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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New York City firefighters work the scene of a large fire and a partial building collapse in the East Village neighborhood of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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A resident watches a blaze at a commercial and residential block in New York City on March 26, 2015.
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New York City Fire Department firefighters battle a fire in the East Village neighborhood of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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A New York City Police helicopter flies near billowing smoke above the site of a residential apartment building collapse and fire in the East Village neighborhood of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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Smoke rises from a burning building after a collapse on 2nd Avenue in the East Village section of New York City on March 26, 2015.
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Firefighters respond to an explosion and partial building collapse in a residential and commercial mixed use multi-story structure in lower Manhattan, New York on March 26, 2015.
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A debris-strewn street seen amid the site of a seven-alarm fire that caused the collapse of two buildings and damage to two other buildings a day after the blaze took place on March 27, 2015 in New York City.
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