2007年一间公寓发生瓦斯爆炸纽约市警方和消防官员称，已有9人受伤，其中包括两名情况危急的儿童。
警方消息称，九名伤者中有六名是儿童。最小的是5岁。
除了九名平民，一名消防队员受了无生命危险的伤。
消息人士称，爆炸发生在布朗克斯区一栋公寓的二楼，将房子的前门炸成一棵树。消息人士称，大多数墙壁也被炸毁。
“我撞开了我隔壁的门，我看到我的祖父没事，”建筑居民阿德里埃尔·桑博林说告诉纽约广播电台WABC台。"我们从后面的窗户跳出去了，因为我们没有窗户了。"
“我打开门，收拾好我的包，扔了我的手机和钱包，然后从后面跳了出来，他和我一起跳了出来，我跳过那扇门，看看大家是否都没事，”他补充道。
“我们接到了爆炸的电话。各单位在三分钟内赶到现场，发现似乎是煤气爆炸，对建筑物正面造成严重破坏，”FDNY副助理局长约翰·萨罗科在现场的新闻发布会上说。“有窗户和门被炸毁，建筑物内有几名受害者。各单位进入建筑物，救出了大约8名病人，其中两名情况危急。
现场照片显示，滑动玻璃门完全被炸毁，碎片被吹到甲板上和下面车道上的汽车上。
Gas explosion at Bronx apartment leaves 9 hurt, including 2 kids in critical condition: Police
A gas explosion at an apartment in New York City has left nine people injured, including two children who are in critical condition, police and fire officials said.
Six out of the nine injured are children, police sources said. The youngest is a 5-year-old.
In addition to the nine civilians, one firefighter suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The blast occurred on the second floor of an apartment in the Bronx, blowing the front door off the home and into a tree, sources said. Most walls were blow out, too, sources said.
"I burst open my door next door and I saw my grandfather was OK," building resident Adriel Sambolin told New York ABC station WABC. "We hopped out the window in the back because we had no more window."
"I opened the door and packed my bag, threw my phone, my wallet and then jumped out the back and he jumped out with me and I jumped that gate to see if everyone was OK," he added.
"We received a call for an explosion. Units responded on scene in three minutes and found what appeared to be a gas explosion with heavy damage to the front of the buildings," FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief John Sarrocco said from a press conference at the scene. "There were windows and doors blown out and several victims within the structure. Units entered the structure, rescued approximately eight patients, two of which were in critical condition."
Photos from the scene showed sliding glass doors completely blown out and debris blown over the decks and onto the cars in the driveway below.
