Residents of a NYC public housing tower escape unharmed after a massive chimney collapses Updated 32 mins ago A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground. Mayor Eric Adams said no injuries or deaths were reported after the collapse of the chimney, which rose up from the public housing building’s boiler room. Officials were notified of an explosion in the Bronx just after 8 a.m. Wednesday and still were trying to determine if there was a gas leak. City officials in charge of building said they need to investigate to see what went wrong.

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