Update: At least five people were injured, one critically, in a possible explosion at a Newark Housing Authority property Friday. alecia__reid reports.
Debris flew as far as 600 feet away from the building that witnesses say exploded.
People who live in the area say the first floor of the building was vacant, but there was a tenant on the second floor. There are apartments where the windows blew out and doors can no longer close, and families are trying to figure out what's next. "I just heard boom, and all I saw from the side was glass flying, windows and everything," Newark resident Sylvia Murdaugh said."The explosion, it knocked her off her feet, so she was down on the ground, and the neighbors next door, they were taken to the hospital, as well," she said."The doors are blown off ... The air conditioners are hanging out the window and the doors are just blown off.
There are a number of emergency personnel on scene, but not much information is being relayed at the moment.Watch CBS2 News at 11 p.m. for the latest on this developing story.
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