ByEyewitness News 
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 12:56PM
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BRONX, New York (WABC) — A gas explosion in an apartment building in the Bronx caused a partial collapse Wednesday morning.
It happened on Alexander Avenue in the Mott Haven section just after 8 a.m.
The explosion apparently collapsed the incinerator shaft of the 17-story building.
There is a school across the street, but there was no word of an evacuation.
So far, a New York City official said that there are no known injuries at this point.
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