# Building collapse in NY? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 25, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554 "2002-04-25T16:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/1 "2002-04-25T16:19:16Z")
[Yahoo’s reporting](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=514&e=1&cid=514&u=/ap/20020425/ap_on_re_us/ny_building_collapse_1) part of an 8 story building in NYC (West 19th between 5th and 6th) collapsed, rumors of explosion. Anything? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/2 "2002-04-25T16:24:43Z")
Drudge’s pulled out the big RED text for this one. No link yet… ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/3 "2002-04-25T16:28:40Z")
MSNBC says it was at some techincal school (Apex?) and that the explosion was on the second floor. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/4 "2002-04-25T16:51:53Z")
A friend in NY is watching the local news (channel 11); the report he saw said that “the boiler of a building nearby exploded while under renovations”, and that there are so far some injuries but no fatalities reported yet. The radio is reporting it right now as an apparent accident too. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/5 "2002-04-25T17:22:30Z")
CNN reports three serious (critical) injuries and as many as 50 total injuries. The building didn’t collapse, although portion of a wall did and possibly a couple of floors inside. Apparently a boiler exploded. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/6 "2002-04-25T17:24:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*from [http://www.ny1.com](http://www.ny1.com) \* > > \ > The explosion took place just after 11:30 a.m. in a building on 19th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. Emergency officials say 23 injuries have been confirmed, but there may also be over two dozen more walking wounded. > > \ > > Early reports said the explosion took place at the Apex Technical School, but an official from the school said the school was evacuated safely and did not suffer any damage. The blast now appears to have taken place in the basement of an adjacent residential building. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/7 "2002-04-25T17:36:40Z")
Actually the explosion was in a building housing Kaltech Industries across the street form the Apex Tech school. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/8 "2002-04-25T17:45:29Z")
I’m in that neighborhood fairly frequently, there’s some nice shops nearby. I hope all the NY Dopers are okay? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/building-collapse-in-ny/105554/9 "2002-04-25T18:07:10Z")
CNN Story: [http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/25/ny.collapse/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/04/25/ny.collapse/index.html) Synopsys: An explosion, most likely the result of a boiler being repaired, happened in the Kaltech Industries building next to the Apex technical school. 50+ people have been injured, a few seriously. No fatalities reported as yet. Terrorism is not suspected.