Seven firefighters were injured after a car exploded in New York City, according to officials.

Shortly after 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) received reports of a fire. When firefighters arrived at the scene, multiple cars and piles of rubbish were on fire.

Video shows the moment the fire explodes, sending a fireball into the air from the area where firefighters were working to contain the scene. The fireball was multiple stories high, and a bystander captured the moment smoke and flames blocked the view from a window facing the scene.

Seven firefighters were injured in the explosion, and three more were hospitalized, Chief of Department John Esposito said in a statement posted to X.

Five firefighters received burns on their hands and face in the

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