NYC building collapses after blast, fire

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The gas leak may have been the result of a suicide attempt by the building's owner, New York Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta told reporters on the scene.

The owner was rescued from the rubble and hospitalized with severe burns. A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, later said the doctor had "taken a turn for the worse. He has severe lung damage." If the man survives, he could face criminal charges, the source said.

The building owner recently wrote a rambling, 15-page e-mail to his estranged wife in which he seemed suicidal and indicated he did not want her to have the multimillion-dollar building, the police source said.
 
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