A Calm Morning Shattered

The peace of a late-summer morning in one of Manhattan’s most prestigious neighborhoods was shattered today when a sudden explosion ripped through a seven-story apartment building on the Upper East Side. The incident, which occurred at 305 E. 95 th Street , between First and Second Avenues, just after 10:00 a.m. , sent a massive column of thick black smoke into the skyline and prompted a massive FDNY response.

According to officials, what began as an apparent basement explosion quickly escalated into a three-alarm fire that raced upward into the cockloft — the space between the top floor and the roof — and into three penthouses . While no fatalities were reported, multiple people sustained injuries, including three firefighters and the building’s su

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