#gas-leak

#gas-leak

Residents of a Bronx public housing complex say they smelled gas around the site of a partial building collapse in the hours and days leading up to the disaster that city officials are blaming on a boiler explosion. The explosion around 8 a.m. Wednesday toppled bricks and left a 20-story tear along the side of the building at 205 Alexander Ave., where a chimney once stood.

A public housing tower partially collapsed in the South Bronx on Wednesday morning, forcing residents to evacuate, New York City officials said. No injuries were immediately reported, but the fire department and other agencies said they were still responding to the scene. The building at Alexander Avenue and East 137th Street is part of NYCHA's Mitchel Houses, officials confirmed. They warned people to avoid the area as first responders continued their work.

Three people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in the centre of the French city of Lyon on Tuesday morning.

The tragic deaths of Deshundra Tate and her daughter Kendra, along with others in Arkansas, highlight the severe negligence of The Millennia Companies in addressing tenant safety complaints about gas leaks.