An email sent to one News Corp.-adjacent building on Sixth Avenue says that the FDNY is reporting a possible reaction of "approximately 30 gallons of hazardous chemicals" as the cause of this morning's 10:39 a.m. explosion at the News Corp. building. There aren't any offices on the floors affected, which house the heating, cooling and utilities systems for the building. Fox News (whose offices are in the basement, insert satanic crack here), just wants everyone to know that "The explosion on the 45th floor has not interrupted the Fox News channel's broadcast," according to its website. New York Post offices are on the 10th floor. According to WNBC, a spokesperson for the FDNY says "We have some sort of reaction between two chemicals that caused a slight explosion." No word on which chemicals might be the culprits here, but um... 30 gallons of hazardous chemicals? Seriously? So far, the cops have closed "48th Street from 7th Avenue to Broadway and 6th Avenue from W. 47th St."

MON 12/17/2007 11:22:6 STATUS: OPEN/ACTIVE PROGNOSIS: MONITORING HAZMAT - CHEMICAL MN 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS NEW YORK POST BUILDING

AS PER FDNY, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 30 GALLONS OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS THAT
MAY HAVE NEGATIVELY REACTED. FDNY IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN
LEVEL B HAZMAT PROTECTION SUITS. FDNY HAVE EVACUATED SEVERAL HUNDRED
PEOPLE FROM THE 42ND TO THE 45TH FLOORS. THERE IS CURRENTLY ONE INJURY
ONSCENE AND FDNY IS CONTINUING TO SEARCH ALL IMPACTED FLOORS. BUILDING IS
PART OF THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER COMPLEX.
DEP, FDNY, NYPD ARE ON SCENE.