Sep 17, 2016 An explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on Saturday night injured at least 25 people, the fire department said. None of those 25 people has life-threatening injuries, according to a tweet from the New York Police Department's Counterterrorism Bureau. Gas has been ruled out as the cause of the explosion, a law enforcement source said. Officials are still trying to assess what caused explosion, the source said. No secondary device was located. The preliminary belief of investigators is that the blast was caused by an explosive device in or near a dumpster, a law enforcement source told CNN. The source stressed this is preliminary and is not conclusive. Police have increased security across New York City as a precaution, a law enforcement source told CNN. The area of the explosion is packed with restaurants, subway stations, shops, businesses and art galleries. People living in buildings near the affected area are not being allowed in, CNN's Bernadette Tuazon reported from the scene. President Obama has been briefed on the explosion, according to a White House official. The President will be updated as additional information becomes available, the official told journalists. An eyewitness told CNN affiliate NY1 he was having dinner when an explosion rocked the area. "I felt a loud explosion and I felt like a lightning bolt struck the building. It, like, shook the ground," he told NY1. "Everybody ran out of the restaurant into the street. The whole city was in the street." He says the response by police who swarmed the area was "aggressive" but "controlled." The man told NY1 he lives in the neighborhood and knows it well. "I walk down the street every day. ... This is my main thoroughfare. I'm either in an Uber, a cab, or on foot on this street all the time. This is my neighborhood. This isn't a tourist attraction. It's just the middle of the city. It does frighten me." Some social media users said the sound of the explosion was heard as far away as Hoboken, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Chelsea. The fire department said the explosion happened at 23rd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. This story is developing. More to come. http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/17/us/new-york-explosion/index.html
Sep 17, 2016 Watching the press conference right now and they've said they believe at the moment it's not an act of terror but they do believe it was an intentional act.
Sep 17, 2016 Hope it isn't terrorism. If it is, I wonder how the media will report on it. It would certainly help Trump if it was, which could lead to it getting buried. Hope it's just a small gas line, transformer or something accidental. Pretty convenient for the U.S to get a possible terrorist attack right after they bombed the Syrians fighting against ISIS.
Sep 17, 2016 That's nuts I was having dinner not far from there, this was roughly just and hour before that explosion happened. What a shame, that area of nyc is very lovely.
Sep 17, 2016 theres looking for a second bomb according to twiiter agan its twitter so there a possibilty who not true
Sep 17, 2016 I listened in to the scanner and they said that the second bomb was a negative. That was an hour ago though. They might have found another one, who knows.
Sep 17, 2016 There was a pipebomb that blew up in a trashcan earlier today in New Jersey during a charity running event.
Sep 17, 2016 Really glad to hear that no one was killed by the explosion or is facing life-threatening injuries. As of now I read there's no clear terrorist connection.
