7 Alarm fire in East Village

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:05pm

Happening live now 2nd Avenue and 7th Street. Flames shooting out of building. Huge Explosion. People feared didn't make it out.

Updated On: 3/26/15 at 04:05 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:15pm

The pic I saw looks really bad.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:27pm

My office is about 15 blocks away, and the smoke in the air is heavy. The videos I've seen from the site itself is pretty horrifying.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:32pm

Watching it now.1 building collapsed while firefighters are working on 2 nd building.

[Kad]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:36pm

I have a friend who lives 5 blocks away. It's pretty horrific.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:43pm

Yeah...my best friend is three blocks down on 4th and 2nd. I can't imagine what it's like in that hood right now. I'm looking out the window of the office and can't see anything in the East Village area...just smoke.

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:44pm

Friend of mine lives down the block, he's fine but freaked out.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:47pm

Update

7 Alarm 12 injured & 3 critical. None were fire fighters. Turns out 3 buildings were on fire. One eyewitness said she saw a man run from the building right before it exploded.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:47pm

This is awful. What a nightmare for everyone affected.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:49pm

I can see the smoke and smell the fire from my apt. The footage on tv is just horrendous.

[SonofRobbieJ]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 4:59pm

I didn't even know alarms could go up to 7! Jesus H.

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:03pm

Oh damn! That sounds horrible!!

[Kad]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:03pm

According to reports, the neighboring building (which housed Pommes Frite) has also collapsed.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:07pm

That sure is an intense fire. Smoke just started filling my apt. and I"m several blocks away. I closed all the windows, for fear of Jezebel breathing in smoke.

Oy, they interviewed a young guy who lived in the apt. He and his roommates are alright. He said there are only 4 apt in the building, 15 people. Hopefully all are safe.

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:08pm

omg.....Pommes Frite <3 R.I.P

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:08pm

Now the consensus from Channel 7 & Channel 2 News was that it was a gas explosion

Stay well Jane

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:19pm

Someone in my Village group on fb posted that there are 2-3 fatalities and 30 injured. And the building can't be searched for more people yet.

[Pammylicious]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:20pm

Jane be safe.....will you be able to stay in your apartment tonight. I wouldn't want to breathe in smoke 24//7.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:21pm

The number of critically injured has now jumped to 4. In addition, it looks like they will not be able to search the debris of the collapsed building until tomorrow at the earliest.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:23pm

http://gothamist.com/2015/03/26/east_village_building_collapse.php#photo-1

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:25pm

Pammy, thank you. I'm fine once I closed all my windows, the air improved.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:35pm

We can smell the smoke all the way up here at Rockefeller Center.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:38pm

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:50pm

Given that there was a restaurant, it's impossible to know who, apart from staff, might have been in there.

[brdway411]

Posted: 3/26/15 at 5:50pm

LIve down the street, Pomme Frite Gone, Sushi Park gone. smoke everywhere,