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FDNY: All 8 Reported Missing in Blast Recovered

New York City's fire commissioner says all eight people reported missing have been found and identified at the site of a deadly gas explosion that leveled two buildings.

By Verena Dobnik
The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's fire commissioner says all eight people reported missing have been found and identified at the site of a deadly gas explosion that leveled two buildings.

Salvatore Cassano said no one else is known to be missing. But he stressed at a news conference Friday that the rescue operation will continue in case there are unknown survivors still in the rubble.

Cassano says about 60 to 70 percent of debris has been cleared. He says workers hope to clear all the debris by mid-day Saturday. That's when detectives and fire marshals will be able to access the basements of the buildings to begin their investigation into what might have caused the blast.

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