Chinatown blast tied to exploding bug cans
Photo credit: Getty Images | Firefighters and police gather at the scene of a possible gas explosion and fire that partially collapsed a building in Manhattan's Chinatown neighborhood. (July 11, 2013)
Chinatown partial building collapse
City Living: Chinatown
FDNY officials have determined that exploding cans of bug defogger caused a fire and the partial collapse of a Chinatown building on Thursday.
Fire marshals believe that the insecticide containers, which release a fog of chemicals to kill insects, were ignited by an appliance in a kitchen on the lower floors of the building at 17 Pike St., a spokesman for the FDNY and media reports said Friday.
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