1 dead, 1 injured in NYC high-rise fire
NEW YORK – Authorities say one person has died and another has been injured in a three-alarm high-rise apartment fire in midtown Manhattan.
Firefighter spokesman Danny Glover said the fire was reported shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday in an apartment on the 20th floor of a building at 43rd Street and 10th Avenue. He says about 40 units responded to the fire and brought it under control early Sunday afternoon. He says it was not immediately clear what caused the fire.
Police say one of the victims, a 27-year-old male, was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police say the other victim, a 32-year-old male, was hospitalized in stable condition.
Apartment complex blast rattles town
ROGERS, Minn. – A series of explosions forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents of an apartment complex in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis on Sunday.
The explosions happened around 8:45 a.m. at The Preserve at Commerce, a 192-unit complex.
Rogers Fire Chief Brad Feist said there were no injuries, but Police Chief Jeff Beahen said about 10 units were heavily damaged.
According to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, the first explosion happened in a large, propane-backup generator pavilion on the property. Police and firefighters arrived to find flames and smoke coming from the generator. Gas continued to leak from the generator, causing several smaller explosions after the initial blast.
Around 400 to 500 residents were evacuated to a nearby motel and a nearby movie theater, the Sheriff’s Office said.
54 dead from fighting, suicide bombers
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi military tried to dislodge al-Qaida militants in Sunni-dominated Anbar province Sunday, unleashing airstrikes and besieging the regional capital in fighting that killed at least 34 people, officials said. A series of bombs in Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad, meanwhile, killed at least 20 people.
The recent gains by the insurgents have been a blow to the Shiite-led government – as sectarian violence has escalated since the U.S. withdrawal. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington was “very, very concerned” by the fighting but would not send in American troops.
A ministry statement said the air force struck a militants’ hideout overnight, identifying them as belonging to the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, which the government refers to as “terrorists.”
Associated Press
