Police respond to reports of explosion in New York City
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According to the New York City Police Department, the incident happened near 23rd Street and 6th Avenue early Saturday night.
Police have cordoned off a large area near the scene.
ABC-7 New York reporter CeFaan Kim captured photos of two cars that appear to have been damaged.
Explosion on 23rd and 6th. These two cars had back windows blown out while driving. 8 year old in back seat injured. pic.twitter.com/aKDra2LaIC
- CeFaan Kim (@CeFaanKim) September 18, 2016
He notes that a child in one of the vehicles was injured.
New York City District 3 councilman, Corey Johnson, noted that the FBI was on scene, along with a number of police cars, New York City Fire Department units, and ambulances.
At least three people were seen being taken away from the apparent scene of the blast in ambulances, Reuters reported. The severity of their injuries was not immediately clear.
Here's some video from the scene:
Major explosion right around the corner from my apartment in #NYC just happened.#safe #chelsea #explosion #rightnow pic.twitter.com/yr2Tfnqp4U
- Aiden Leslie (@aidenleslie) September 18, 2016
Moments after the blast on #23rd street #nyc #blast pic.twitter.com/lwbQvR5bDE
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