Residents of NYC Public Housing Tower Escape Unharmed After Massive Chimney Collapses

Residents of NYC Public Housing Tower Escape Unharmed After Massive Chimney Collapses
Firefighters stand on the roof of a building that partially collapsed in the Bronx borough of New York City on Oct. 1, 2025. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—A massive brick chimney running 20 stories up the side of a New York City apartment building collapsed after an explosion Wednesday, sending tons of debris plummeting to the ground.

The falling bricks buried a sidewalk, landed on the playground of the public housing building and sent a cloud of dust billowing over the block in the Bronx, but amazingly did not injure anyone.