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5 Indicted in 2015 New York City Gas Explosion That Killed 2
Source: Associated Press
5 Indicted in 2015 New York City Gas Explosion That Killed 2
By JAKE PEARSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Feb 11, 2016, 1:50 PM ET
A building owner and four others were arrested Thursday on manslaughter, negligent homicide and other charges in connection with a gas explosion last year that killed two people and leveled three Manhattan buildings.
A restaurant worker and a diner in the sushi restaurant on the ground level of one of the collapsed buildings were killed in the explosion. Their badly burned bodies were discovered by rescue workers digging through the rubble days after the blast.
The buildings' owner, Maria Hrynenko; her son, Michael Hrynenko; master plumber Andrew Trombettas; general contractor Dilber Kukic; and worker Athanasios Ioannidis recklessly engineered an illegal gas delivery system that ultimately caused the March explosion and subsequent fire in the trendy East Village neighborhood, authorities said.
"Development, construction and renovation is happening across the city at breakneck speed," said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., noting that the temptation for taking "shortcuts has never been greater."
Among the shortcuts taken in this case include Trombettas' willingness to rent out his master plumbing license to Ioannidis, a worker who wasn't certified to perform the work, said Mark Peters, commissioner of the Department of Investigation. One time Trombettas was in Greece when he said he'd supervised work, Peters said.
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By JAKE PEARSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Feb 11, 2016, 1:50 PM ET
A building owner and four others were arrested Thursday on manslaughter, negligent homicide and other charges in connection with a gas explosion last year that killed two people and leveled three Manhattan buildings.
A restaurant worker and a diner in the sushi restaurant on the ground level of one of the collapsed buildings were killed in the explosion. Their badly burned bodies were discovered by rescue workers digging through the rubble days after the blast.
The buildings' owner, Maria Hrynenko; her son, Michael Hrynenko; master plumber Andrew Trombettas; general contractor Dilber Kukic; and worker Athanasios Ioannidis recklessly engineered an illegal gas delivery system that ultimately caused the March explosion and subsequent fire in the trendy East Village neighborhood, authorities said.
"Development, construction and renovation is happening across the city at breakneck speed," said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., noting that the temptation for taking "shortcuts has never been greater."
Among the shortcuts taken in this case include Trombettas' willingness to rent out his master plumbing license to Ioannidis, a worker who wasn't certified to perform the work, said Mark Peters, commissioner of the Department of Investigation. One time Trombettas was in Greece when he said he'd supervised work, Peters said.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/indicted-2015-york-city-gas-explosion-killed-36861346
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