Name: Explosion in the Bronx Kills FDNY battalion chief
Uploaded: 2016-09-27T20:08:00.064Z
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: A neighbor describes the boom that shook nearby homes, including the one that's been in her family since 1956, when an explosion occurred at a two-story home that police and firefighters said was a suspected marijuana grow house. Authorities said an FDNY battalion chief, Michael J. Fahy, was killed when he was struck by debris from the blast on Sept. 27, 2016. (Credit: Newsday / Matthew Chayes)

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