(MENAFN) Authorities say that an explosion at a suspected drug lab inside a New York home has killed at least one firefighter.
Fire crews were called to the two-storey house in the Bronx to attend to a gas leak shortly after 06:20 local time (10:20 GMT).
Mayor Bill de Blasio named the victim as Battalion Chief Michael Fahy, a 17-year veteran of the fire service.
Fire authorities had said they discovered a suspected drug lab shortly before the large explosion occurred.
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