Huge Explosion Reported in East Harlem, New York

(Updated - March 12, 2014 10:11 AM EDT)

According to the NY Post, a huge explosion was reported near the corner of East 116th and Park. rescue workers showed up around 9:30am, according to the report.

New York's NBC4 reported that the building has collapsed. Metro-North trains in the area were halted because of debris on tracks, and some passengers reported being ordered off their trains at 125th Street, the report said.

The New York Fire Department confirmed the news via Twitter today:

MAN 3-ALARM E 114 114 STREET, BUILDING COLLAPSE WITH FIRE,

— FDNY (@FDNY) March 12, 2014

More from an eyewitness on Twitter:

I'm up in East Harlem #NYC walking around and an entire building exploded. The scene up here is crazy. Not good. pic.twitter.com/yN7e82qcxM

— John Hernandez (@playerceo) March 12, 2014

@JeffreyCramer @ABC go right ahead. Here's another pic. pic.twitter.com/Xz9kUhGbKs

— John Hernandez (@playerceo) March 12, 2014

From NBC Nightly News:

PHOTO: Scene of partial building collapse and fire in northern Manhattan via @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/awvU5SJcyy

— NBC Nightly News (@nbcnightlynews) March 12, 2014

And a screenshot:

Awful http://t.co/MVEJeTsvSu pic.twitter.com/KMzj4GbKo3

— Tony Manfred (@tonymanfred) March 12, 2014

Jim Roberts and a live feed:

RIGHT NOW: Live video feed of explosion/collapsed building in Harlem, NYC. http://t.co/Dm3qwgsj5N pic.twitter.com/6TpdPKFgtz

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 12, 2014

RT.com posted this:

BREAKING: Explosion and building collapse in Manhattan, #NYC http://t.co/EhH2sEY2BV pic.twitter.com/XljtdCwXpW

— RT (@RT_com) March 12, 2014

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