Officials say one person was killed and 14 others injured in a gas explosion and fires at the top of a 17-story New York City apartment building.

Officials say one person was killed and 14 others injured in a gas explosion and fire in a 17-story apartment building in the Bronx.

A deadly gas explosion in a New York City high-rise last weekend was traced to an intruder who disconnected a stove to steal and sell it, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, Samuel Calderon, was being held without bail after his arraignment on murder,

A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing the stove out of an apartment in the Bronx. He reportedly left the gas on, causing a fiery explosion that killed one person and injured more than a dozen others.

One person was killed and more than a dozen people were hurt when a gas explosion sparked a massive, four-alarm blaze on the top floors of a high-rise apartment building in the Bronx early Saturday morning.

The inspector did not make a bad judgment call,” the lawsuit says. “He ignored the rules that exist to keep people alive.”

A significant fire and gas explosion occurred in a 17-story residential building in The Bronx, New York, early Saturday, leading to a swift and extensive emergency response.

A homeless career criminal was arrested Wednesday for allegedly setting the massive four-alarm weekend blaze that killed one person in a Bronx high-rise – by ripping a stove out of the wall, rupturing the gas line,

A homeless man accused of sparking a massive explosion and fatal fire at a Bronx high-rise told cops he disconnected his ex-girlfriend’s stove from the building’s gas line so he could trade the appliance for crack,

Following an investigation, Samuel Calderon, a 55-year-old man, who is homeless, was arrested on Wednesday, New York City police sources told CBS News. He now faces a number of charges, including murder, manslaughter and burglary.

Samuel Calderon, 55, broke into an ex-girlfriend’s apartment at the Boston Secor Houses, in Baychester, on Jan. 24 and disconnected the stove, then wheeled it down the hall, as seen on video,