UPDATE: This story is breaking and will be updated… A second body has been confirmed found.
EARLIER: The FDNY says that one body has just been located under the rubble of the last weeks building collapse on 2nd Avenue and East 7th Street.
There is still one person missing.
Meanwhile, some of the debris from explosion and fire in Manhattan’s East Village is being taken to a secure site where it will be examined again for any human remains.
Emergency workers have been looking through the rubble for signs of two people who have been missing since Thursday’s blast. The explosion and subsequent fire leveled three buildings.
The official says upper layers of debris have already been removed and workers have reached the basement level. One of the buildings contained a restaurant where the missing men are believed to have been at the time.
Workers are examining debris onsite before it is removed to the secure location.
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