Two buildings were leveled and eight residents were killed in a huge explosion the morning of March 12 in New York's East Harlem, igniting a five-alarm blaze. Dozens of people were reported injured.
The blast, believed to be caused by a gas leak according to news reports, happened around 9 a.m. on Park Avenue on 116th Street and claimed one structure that housed a piano repair shop with apartments above it, and a second building that housed a Spanish Christian church.
Hundreds of firefighters descended upon the area to fight the fire among the rubble and debris.
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