UPDATE: Two People Still Missing Friday After NYC Building Explosion
UPDATE: March 30,2015 – The remains of the two missing men, both last seen at the Sushi Bar, have been located and pulled from the wreckage after an explosion that demolished three buildings in the East Village. Both Nicholas Figueroa, 23, and Moises Locon, 27 were located on Sunday.
UPDATE: Friday-March 27, 2015 – At least two people are missing after the explosion at East Village Building in New York. Nicholas Figueroa, 23, and Moises Locon, 27, are still unaccounted for. Both of their last known whereabouts were at Sushi Park, a Japanese restaurant on the ground floor of 121 Second Ave.
NEW YORK, March 27 (UPI) — Investigators are searching for up to eight people who are missing following a catastrophic building explosion and fire that injured some 26 people, including firefighters, and leveled three buildings in lower Manhattan.
Of the missing people, Nicholas Figueroa, 23, and another person are thought to have been near or inside the buildings just before the explosion.
Firefighters continued Friday morning to extinguish smoldering areas of fire and sift through the wreckage of three collapsed buildings in New York City’s East Village, including the Sushi Park restaurant.
Four people remain in critical condition,including two with burns to their airways and one who was rendered unconscious during the seven-alarm fire that brought some 200 firefighters to the scene.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the explosion, which took place at about 3:15 p.m. Thursday, appears to be tied to work on the gas and plumbing lines.
Family members said Figueroa was at lunch with a co-worker at Sushi Park and paid the bill shortly before the explosion. He has not been heard from since the explosion.
