NEW YORK (AP) — A firefighter who responded to a report of a gas leak Tuesday morning was killed in a house explosion shortly after authorities discovered what appeared to be a drug lab.
The Fire Department of New York confirmed the firefighter’s death shortly after the Bronx explosion.
The mayor’s office had tweeted that the mayor and fire commissioner were at the hospital.
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