The once two-story building is now a pile of rubble, with walls peeled away and rooms exposed. Christinafantv reports.
"I couldn't believe it. I thought it was an earthquake or something. It sounded like a bomb, that's what we thought," Newark resident Jacquelin Vicari said.
The apartment building, which is run by the Newark Housing Authority, came crumbling down around 6 p.m, Friday.Five people were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition. "I seen a guy from the top floor, climbing down from all of that stuff. He's in the hospital now. His legs and stuff were burnt. People that have glass in their face, I'd seen one guy's face was bleeding," a witness named Sylvia said.
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