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Gas explosion and fire in New York City apartment building kills 1, injures 14

Fire department was responding to report of gas odor in Bronx building when explosion occurred during frigid night

A gas explosion sent fire racing through the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in New York City early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 14 others as temperatures plunged into the single digits overnight, authorities said.

Firefighters responded shortly before 12.30am to the 17-story New York City housing authority (Nycha) building in the Bronx, where people were seen leaning out of windows calling for help as flames engulfed parts of the top floors, officials said.

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© Photograph: Lloyd Mitchell/Reuters

© Photograph: Lloyd Mitchell/Reuters

© Photograph: Lloyd Mitchell/Reuters

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Six people injured after car crashes inside Detroit airport

Driver taken into custody after car crashes through airport entrance and strikes Delta ticket counter

A car crashed through the entrance of Detroit’s metropolitan Wayne county airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said.

The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne county airport authority (WCAA) said in a statement. The cause of the crash was not yet known, and airport police were investigating.

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© Photograph: Sennel Threlkeld II/AP

© Photograph: Sennel Threlkeld II/AP

© Photograph: Sennel Threlkeld II/AP

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