Very few details.

Info from here: [url]www.msnbc.com[/url]

More info at: [url]http://www.foxnews.com[/url]

From FoxNews:

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NEW YORK — An eight-story building has partially collapsed in New York City, and more than 20 people have been injured.

The collapse occurred at the building that houses the Apex Technical School, in the Chelsea neighborhood of downtown Manhattan.

The school offers training in such fields as welding, automotive repair, refrigeration, air conditioning, and appliance technology.

More than 100 firefighters were called to the scene. Fire officials said it appeared some type of explosion collapsed some floors of the building.

They said 21 people were being treated at the scene for injuries.

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Boiler explosion.

Apex Technical School, maybe not a boiler explosion.  

I wonder if someone forgot to close the valve on an acetylene tank.

Not the school, the building next door...

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They reported that there was a crew working on a boiler in the building next to Apex. Plumbers had been working on the boiler for the past three weeks.

Well, now they're speculating about another source. Someone was using acetone for a project.

better put on the tin-foil hats before this gets out of control!  [whacko]

I will give them this one but if another goes in the next few weeks , I am calling BULLSHIT.

Ben