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Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying
Investigators say the blast may have been caused by an accelerant after a 50-year-old suspect threatened family members and forced entry.
- On Thursday, a massive explosion rocked a Queens home in South Ozone Park as police responded to a domestic dispute call, triggering a fifth-alarm fire that collapsed the building.
- NYPD Assistant Chief Christopher McIntosh stated the suspect, Anroop Parasram, entered the 130th Street residence with canisters and threatened his estranged wife, prompting the victim's daughter to call police at 2:42 a.m.
- "Our officers were at the front door of the residence attempting to enter when suddenly a massive, fiery explosion erupted at 2:57 a.m.," McIntosh said, with eight police officers and two civilians injured.
- Sixteen people are displaced following the 5-alarm inferno, and FDNY Chief of Department John Esposito confirmed firefighters accounted for all residents as crews begin debris removal operations.
- Despite being launched into gates by the explosion's force, officers immediately entered the burning structure to evacuate residents, though authorities continue searching for Parasram, whose status remains unclear.
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Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying
A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air as they were responding to a call of a man inside armed with a knife and the smell of gas.
·United States
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