A pile of rubble is all that remains after suspected gas explosion in New York

By Megan Specia & Dustin Drankowski From Mashable
The day after a suspected gas explosion rocked a restaurant and residential building in New York’s East Village on Thursday, triggering a seven-alarm fire, a pile of rubble stood where three buildings once were. The explosion and subsequent fire left residents of the buildings on Second Avenue displaced. An investigation is still underway into the cause of the blast.

Twenty-two people were injured, four of whom have critical injuries, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press briefing on Friday. Two men are still unaccounted for, according to reports.

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Firefighters spray down the rubble in Manhattan’s East Village on Friday, March 27.
IMAGE: MARCUS SANTOS/NY DAILY NEWS/GETTY IMAGES
More than 250 firefighters responded to the seven-alarm blaze triggered by the explosion. IMAGE: WU XIA/XINHUA/CORBIS
A NYPD squad car buried beneath the rubble of the collapsed buildings. IMAGE: MARCUS SANTOS/NY DAILY NEWS/GETTY IMAGES
A man distributes pastries to weary firefighters at the site of the explosion. IMAGE: MARK LENNIHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS
IMAGE: GIORGIO SAVONA/DEMOTIX/CORBIS
People watch as firefighters continue to hose down the site. IMAGE: ANDREW BURTON/GETTY IMAGES
An NYPD arson-explosion detective looks at the site. IMAGE: NANCY BOROWICK/THE NEW YORK TIMES/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cars were buried under the collapsed building on Friday.
IMAGE: NANCY BOROWICK/THE NEW YORK TIMES/ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, right, meets with firefighters, including New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro, left, at the site of a building explosion in the East Village.
IMAGE: NANCY BOROWICK/THE NEW YORK TIMES/ASSOCIATED PRESS
IMAGE: MARK LENNIHAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bricks spill onto the street in New York’s East Village after the explosion.
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