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March 12, 2014, 1:56 PM

explosion New York city council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, second from left, and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, center, lead a group of city officials to a news conference after visiting the site of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in Harlem, Wednesday March 12, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
NYC Explosion Firefighters respond to an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
AP Photo/John Minchillo
NYC Explosion Police officers patrol the perimeter of the scene after an explosion leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The blast happened after a neighbor reported smelling natural gas. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
AP Photo/John Minchillo
Alecia Thomas, Shivon Dollar Alecia Thomas, left, is comforted by her friend, Shivon Dollar, after she lost her home following an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
NYC Explosion Police move people away from the scene of an explosion and building collapse in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The explosion leveled an apartment building, and sent flames and billowing black smoke above the skyline. (AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing)
AP Photo/Jeremy Sailing
NYC Explosion A man receives medical attention near the site of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
APTOPIX NYC Explosion Firefighters respond to a fire on 116th Street in Harlem after a building exploded in huge flames leading to the collapse of at least one building and several injuries, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
AP Photo/John Minchillo
explosion New York city police commissioner Bill Bratton, left, and Con Edison chief executive John McAvoy, right, listen during a news conference after visiting the site of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in Harlem, Wednesday March 12, 2014 in New York. Con Edison spokesman Bob McGee says a resident from a building adjacent to the two that collapsed reported that he smelled gas inside his apartment, but thought the odor could be coming from outside. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
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The New York City fire department says more than a dozen people are still missing after an explosion leveled two apartment buildings, killing two people.

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