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Blast Topples Manhattan Building

NEW YORK CITY-Upper East Side building collapse may have been suicide attempt.

By Tom Sosnowski | Updated on July 10, 2006

NEW YORK CITY—A four story Manhattan building collapsed early this morning during rush hour on East 62nd St. between Park Avenue as a result of what appeared to be an explosion, according to published reports. A resulting fire then spread throughout adjacent buildings.

The building housed a doctor’s and dental office and collapsed around 8:40. According to eyewitnesses, Con Edison workers were on the scene earlier in the morning reportedly investigating a gas leak prior to then explosion. The FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta reports at least 11 people injured including five civilians and six firemen. The only occupant of the building reported injured was a doctor, Nicholas Bartha, the building’s owner. Bartha was able to call authorities from his phone while buried in the wreckage.

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