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Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying
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Police officers hailed as heroes after New York house explosion
May 1, 2026, 2:20 PMThe New York Police Department hailed as heroes multiple officers who responded to a domestic incident call that turned into a house explosion."This was yet another example of the valor and the courage of your NYPD cops, who, again, put the safety of complete strangers above their own," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a press conference Thursday.The explosion, which was caught on police bodycam video early Thursday, occurred after officers arrived at an Ozone Park, Queens, home. They were responding to a 911 call from a woman who said her estranged husband forced his way into the home, according to police. He was allegedly intoxicated and armed with a knife.New York City police officers responded to a domestic incident call that turned into a house explosion.NYPD"They said he threatened them with a knife and was carrying two garbage bags containing yellow canisters with contents unknown," Tisch said.As officers approached the house, they said they noticed a gas odor. Then, after they walked into the home, there was a sudden, fiery explosion, which knocked the officers to the ground.Officers then rushed back up and raced to rescue anyone inside. They can be seen in the body
Massive explosion at NYC home sends police officers flying
NEW YORK — A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air early Thursday morning as they were responding to a call of a man inside armed with a knife and the smell of gas. Eight officers were treated for minor injuries - including burns and at least one head laceration - after the blast, and all of the people who were inside the building have been accounted for, though several were taken to a hospital, police said. Police body camera video of the explosion shows officers about to enter a small home in Queens before 3 a.m., and just as one starts to open the door, a huge blast erupts, blowing out windows and knocking officers back across a yard and into a gate. The officers can then be seen scrambling to recover through debris as smoke billows out of the house, checking on each other to see if anyone had been hurt. “You guys good?” one of the officers can be heard saying. The video then cuts to about a minute later and shows an officer helping two young children out of the home as a handful
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