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1 seriously hurt in NYC building collapse

A Manhattan building that was being demolished partially collapsed, and at least one person was taken to a local hospital in serious condition

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Firefighters watch as others work to shore up the outer shell of a midtown Manhattan building that was in the process of being demolished when it partially collapsed.

AP Photo/Kathy Willens

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The outer shell of a midtown Manhattan building that was being demolished partially collapsed Wednesday, injuring at least one person.

Construction workers say the collapse sounded like an explosion. Rubble from the building damaged a yellow school bus parked on the street.

Firefighters were using drilling equipment to examine the wreckage.

One person injured in the collapse on West 57th Street was taken to a hospital in serious condition, police said.

The city Buildings Department planned a news conference on the collapse later Wednesday.

The incident happened the day after a construction worker at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn was crushed to death when several steel beams fell on him.