紐約樓房煤氣泄漏引起爆炸證實五人死亡

Five people are now confirmed dead in Wednesday's deadly building explosion in New York City's famous Harlem neighborhood.

Rescue crews worked past midnight searching through the rubble to locate nine other people who were still missing after a gas leak caused an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings. At least 63 people were injured.

Thick smoke from the buildings could be seen throughout much of Manhattan. The blast sent debris over several blocks across the neighborhood and a nearby commuter rail line, suspending train service in and out of Grand Central Station for much of the day.

Residents in a nearby building called officials at energy company Consolidated Edison to report the smell of natural gas just minutes before the explosion.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called the incident "a tragedy of the worst kind" because it happened with no time to save people.美國紐約市著名的哈林地區兩座樓房星期三發生爆炸，目前已經證實有五人死亡。

爆炸是煤氣泄漏造成的，兩座樓房被夷爲平地，救援人員連夜在瓦礫中尋找九個失蹤的人。至少63人在爆炸中受傷。

在曼哈頓大部分地區可以看到從爆炸的建築物中冒出的濃煙。爆炸造成的碎片散落在整個街區的人行道上，並且覆蓋了通勤火車的部分鐵軌，紐約大中央車站星期三大部分時間停運。

在爆炸發生前幾分鐘，附近樓房的居民打電話給煤氣供應商聯合愛迪生公司報告說，聞到有煤氣泄漏的氣味。

紐約市長白思豪將這次爆炸稱爲“最糟糕的悲劇”，因爲爆炸發生時沒有時間來拯救生命。