A possible natural gas explosion blew out windows of a historic building at Nyack College near New York City today, injuring seven faculty members, a Rockland County sheriff’s spokesman said.
«The whole first floor got blown out – shrapnel and glass flew everywhere,» William Barbera, chief of the sheriff’s patrol, told Reuters.
After the explosion, which occurred at about noon, fire and bomb investigators rushed to the campus in Nyack, about 30 miles north of New York City.
Members of the Orange and Rockland Utilities Inc., which is owned by Con Edison Co., also were on the scene to shut off the gas, Barbera said.
«It appears to be a natural gas explosion, but it’s still under investigation,» Barbera said.
Seven faculty members in the building, built in 1930 and called Sky Island Lodge, were hurt, although none of their injuries was considered life threatening, Barbera said. They were rushed to Nyack Hospital.
The campus was relatively empty as most students had left following graduation last month, he said.
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