Explosion on 23rd and 6th, NYC

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73. That's what's being said by most outlets now.

Second device on West 27th St appears to be pressure cooker

There are several reports that the second device found on West 27th Street has been found to be a pressure cooker.

After the explosion on 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Chelsea on 8.30pm Saturday, a “possible secondary device” was found a few blocks away.

J. Peter Donald, the assistant commissioner for communication and public information for NYPD, described the device as a “suspicious package” in an update posted to Twitter at about midnight local time and asked residents of the street to “stay away from windows” as it was cleared.


The Wall Street Journal has reported that a law enforcement official said the second device was a pressure cooker, with wiring and a cellphone attached, inside a plastic bag.

ABC, Fox News, NY1, Associated Press, and CNN have said the same. (Earlier, CNN was among the first outlets to rule out the possibility that the blast on 23rd St was a gas explosion.)

Reports of the apparent pressure-cooker bomb have prompted social media users to make connections to the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, but authorities have been clear that there is no evidence of any links to terrorism at this stage.

“There is no specific and credible threat against New York City in this point of time from any terror organisation,” said mayor Bill de Blasio earlier.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2016/sep/18/manhattan-explosion-several-injured-in-blast-rolling-report