Gas leak suspected in Manhattan explosion

Updated: 2014-03-12 23:29

(Agencies/CNN)

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One man dead and at least 11 people were injured after a massive explosion Wednesday in Manhattan's East Harlem, authorities said.

Local natural gas service provider Con Ed spokesman Bob McGee said the utility received a call of a gas leak at 9:13 AM. The call came from a resident at one of the newer building on Park Avenue. The utility dispatched a truck two minutes later but it arrived after the explosion, the spokesman said.

Law enforcement officials tell CNN they are not seeing a terror connection.

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