Collapse reported at East Village, NY, building

Collapse reported at East Village, NY, building, according to market reports.

The collapse was reported at around 3:20 p.m. at 7th Street and Second Avenue Thursday afternoon, according to CBS local. Market chatter has a possible gas leak as cause of the explosion, though those rumors are unconfirmed by officials.

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Media (courtesy of users mentioned in the embedded files):

MAN 3-ALARM 125 2 AVE, MIXED OCCUPANCY MAJOR BUILDING COLLAPSE,

— FDNY (@FDNY) March 26, 2015

There was just an explosion on 2nd avenue and 7th street east village pic.twitter.com/jvSbfdCSSe

— Jonathan (@jmeyers44) March 26, 2015

Crazy explosion on 7 and 2nd east village #fire #explosion pic.twitter.com/U3Z4mx3Wut

— J K (@Jamie_S_Kennedy) March 26, 2015

Major explosion on NW corner of 7th Street and 2nd Ave. Police here. pic.twitter.com/Xys9GBVzF4

— Scott Westerfeld (@ScottWesterfeld) March 26, 2015

Explosion 7 & 2nd NYC east village #fire #explosion #NYC pic.twitter.com/StFtMOmmzS

— J K (@Jamie_S_Kennedy) March 26, 2015

#BREAKING Fire and "major collapse" in a residential building in #NewYork's East Village. pic.twitter.com/4SLue2FRHH

— Matt Thomson (@Matt_News) March 26, 2015

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