Scenes From the East Village Building Explosion

A photo posted by xoxo, Gossip Girl (@mauchattack) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:32pm PDT

Manhattan building collapse and explosion 🔥🚒 #nyc #eastvillage #explosion #fdny

A photo posted by Rafael Fernandez (@rafaelmfernandez) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:41pm PDT

The building the fire started in is gone and the one on the corner of second is going

A photo posted by Maggie Lines (@maggielines) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:30pm PDT

RT @ABC: VIDEO: 7-alarm fire, building collapse in Manhattan: http://t.co/xwfxAhbjrG - [via calamitypage] pic.twitter.com/CTafgQ78WS

— News1130 (@News1130radio) March 26, 2015

Boom! #EastVillage @citizenbrooklyn

A photo posted by Teo J. Babini (@teflakes) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:25pm PDT

Horrifying. 7th and second ave. fdny closing off st @PIX11News pic.twitter.com/NBp5921y6A

— Allie Yang (@allieallieooop) March 26, 2015

#BREAKING: 1 person critically injured in New York City fire/building collapse http://t.co/9rCELrwkne https://t.co/HYAzH5YUIc

— WUSA9 (@wusa9) March 26, 2015

This shit is crazy bless everyone 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 @_thefantasywall_ @trickfreedom

A photo posted by Donna Hart! (@donna_7797) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:36pm PDT

More from NYC building collapse/explosion RT @shivar: Whoa! Walking away.... pic.twitter.com/w47p4CtXYz

— Jim Dalrymple II (@JimDalrympleII) March 26, 2015

Thinking of my neighbors, friends, family, and hundreds of emergency responders in the East Village right now. Please be careful!

A photo posted by joyluv (@joyluv) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:43pm PDT

Inside scoop

A photo posted by Sascha Taylor Larsen (@satisfiedsascha) on Mar 26, 2015 at 1:41pm PDT