双语新闻：纽约楼房煤气泄漏引起爆炸证实五人死亡 Death Toll Rises in New York City Building Explosion

美国纽约市著名的哈林地区两座楼房星期三发生爆炸，目前已经证实有五人死亡。

爆炸是煤气泄漏造成的，两座楼房被夷为平地，救援人员连夜在瓦砾中寻找九个失踪的人。至少63人在爆炸中受伤。

在曼哈顿大部分地区可以看到从爆炸的建筑物中冒出的浓烟。爆炸造成的碎片散落在整个街区的人行道上，并且覆盖了通勤火车的部分铁轨，纽约大中央车站星期三大部分时间停运。

在爆炸发生前几分钟，附近楼房的居民打电话给煤气供应商联合爱迪生公司报告说，闻到有煤气泄漏的气味。

纽约市长白思豪将这次爆炸称为“最糟糕的悲剧”，因为爆炸发生时没有时间来拯救生命。

Five people are now confirmed dead in Wednesday's deadly building explosion in New York City's famous Harlem neighborhood.

Rescue crews worked past midnight searching through the rubble to locate nine other people who were still missing after a gas leak caused an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings. At least 63 people were injured.

Thick smoke from the buildings could be seen throughout much of Manhattan. The blast sent debris over several blocks across the neighborhood and a nearby commuter rail line, suspending train service in and out of Grand Central Station for much of the day.

Residents in a nearby building called officials at energy company Consolidated Edison to report the smell of natural gas just minutes before the explosion.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called the incident "a tragedy of the worst kind" because it happened with no time to save people.