By — Daniel Costa-Roberts Daniel Costa-Roberts Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/two-bodies-recovered-rubble-east-village-fire Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Two bodies recovered from rubble of East Village fire Nation Mar 29, 2015 6:46 PM EDT Rescue workers recovered two bodies from the wreckage of a fire in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood Sunday afternoon. One of the bodies has been identified as Nicholas Figueroa, 23, according to a New York Daily News report. Figueroa was one of two men missing in the wake of the fire. The other, Moises Ismael Locón Yac, was still unaccounted for as of Sunday evening. The seven-alarm fire, which followed a Thursday afternoon explosion on Second Avenue, destroyed three buildings and wounded 22 people, four of whom were injured critically. New York City Fire Department firefighters battle fire at the site of a residential apartment building collapse and fire in New York City’s East Village neighborhood, March 26, 2015. Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters Officials cite a gas explosion as the likely cause of the blaze, and some outlets have reported on illegal gas siphoning at the building where the fire began. Speaking at a Friday news conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that “there is a possibility that the gas line was inappropriately accessed internally by people in the building.” By — Daniel Costa-Roberts Daniel Costa-Roberts @dcostaroberts
Rescue workers recovered two bodies from the wreckage of a fire in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood Sunday afternoon. One of the bodies has been identified as Nicholas Figueroa, 23, according to a New York Daily News report. Figueroa was one of two men missing in the wake of the fire. The other, Moises Ismael Locón Yac, was still unaccounted for as of Sunday evening. The seven-alarm fire, which followed a Thursday afternoon explosion on Second Avenue, destroyed three buildings and wounded 22 people, four of whom were injured critically. New York City Fire Department firefighters battle fire at the site of a residential apartment building collapse and fire in New York City’s East Village neighborhood, March 26, 2015. Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters Officials cite a gas explosion as the likely cause of the blaze, and some outlets have reported on illegal gas siphoning at the building where the fire began. Speaking at a Friday news conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters that “there is a possibility that the gas line was inappropriately accessed internally by people in the building.”