![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/haunting-newark-building-collapse-photo-shows-trail-of-destruction-with-five-rushed-to-hospital-after-massive-explosion/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AS_NEWARK-EXPLOSION_OP-2.jpg&description=SCARY SCENE Haunting Newark building collapse photo shows trail of destruction with five rushed to hospital after massive explosion AT least five people have been rushed to hospital after a building collapsed in an apparent explosion this evening. Authorities raced to the scene at a Newark Housing Authority property in Newark, New Jersey, shortly after 6pm on Friday. 6 Authorities respond to a building collapse near the single digit block of Pine Street in the Steven Crane Housing Development in Newark, New Jersey Credit: Getty 6 At least five people have been rushed to hospital after the terrifying collapse 6 The building collapsed in Newark on Friday evening Witnesses told CBS News the building exploded, with parts of the wreckage hurled 600 feet away. Residents inside were said to have been knocked off their feet, with doors obliterated from their hinges and walls ripped to shreds. "I just heard boom, and all I saw from the side was glass flying, windows and everything," nearby resident Sylvia Murdaugh told CBS News. Another witness said her daughter was inside her apartment on the first floor at the time. "The explosion, it knocked her off her feet, so she was down on the ground, and the neighbors next door, they were taken to the hospital, as well," she said. "The doors are blown off... The air conditioners are hanging out the window and the doors are just blown off." Photos show a tragic trail of destruction outside, where the now roofless building lies stripped to its bare shell. Household items can be seen strewn in the wreck, including a chest of drawers and toilet roll a haunting show of the damage. The Newark Public Safety director said firefighters responded to a report of a building collapse. They confirmed at least five people were taken to local hospitals, including one victim who suffered serious burns. That person is said to be in a critical condition. The cause of the collapse has not yet been confirmed. A number of emergency workers are at the sce){kind=link}
AT least five people have been rushed to hospital after a building collapsed in an apparent explosion this evening.
Authorities raced to the scene at a Newark Housing Authority property in Newark, New Jersey, shortly after 6pm on Friday.
Witnesses told CBS News the building exploded, with parts of the wreckage hurled 600 feet away.
Residents inside were said to have been knocked off their feet, with doors obliterated from their hinges and walls ripped to shreds.
“I just heard boom, and all I saw from the side was glass flying, windows and everything,” nearby resident Sylvia Murdaugh told CBS News.