Authorities are responding to reports of an explosion in Chelsea on Saturday night.
First responders arrived a 135 W. 23rd St. near Sixth Ave. at about 8:30 p.m., a witness and FDNY spokesman said.
Woman being loaded into an ambulance at the scene of a mysterious blast on 23rd St.
(Jefferson Siegel)A witness said he felt and heard the blast while entering the 23rd Street subway station with his family.
The FDNY responds to reports of an explosion.
(nnehajainn/Twitter)Ryan McMillen turned around and saw the back of an SUV "totally blown out."
#Explosion outside our apartment at 23rd and 6th in #newyork. Terrified. Hoping everyone is okay. pic.twitter.com/i3q4cG7aWT
— N∑H∆ (@nnehajainn) September 18, 2016
"Everybody started running and screaming," McMillen said.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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