another tenant who lives on the second floor, 48-year-old francisca figueroa remains missing this morning. authorities say figueroa was in the process of moving and with her. that gas stove has now become the primary focus of the investigation as it could be the very source of the gas leak that caused the explosion. meanwhile, investigators say they are conducting their search, and they are doing so very delicately. >> fdny and nypd are taking it very slowly. it's an active investigation, still may be one body in the building. >> and back here live with a live look, you can see all that rubble and debris piling up in the middle of the street. again, investigators still working, a number of members from the fdny are here as well. five buildings were affected as a result of the explosion. two of those buildings have to be demolished and a number of people were asked to leave the three remaining buildings, and they may be allowed to return sometime as early as today. we also know k-9s were brought in yesterday and will assist investigators again as they methodically and slowly go through tha

another tenant who lives on the second floor, 48-year-old francisca figueroa is still missing. authorities say figueroa was in the process of moving and planned to take her gas stove with her. that stove is now the focus of the investigation as it could be the source of the gas leak that caused the explosion. authorities say meanwhile, though, the search to find her is a very delicate one. >> fdny and nypd are taking it very slowly. it's an active investigation, and there is a fear that there still may be one body in the building. >> yeah, and mrs. figueroa's family members were here yesterday at the site. very emotional as they wait to find out word on whether or not this team of investigators will indeed find her inside of all of that rubble. meanwhile, again, this has become an around the clock operation with firefighters and teams of crews here working to try and clear out as quickly as possible. we do know that k-9s were here also assisting in the search to find ms. figueroa. five buildings have been vacated. two of those buildings will have to be demolished. as for those i

an evidence bag was brought to a police trailer and the family of missing woman, 48-year-old francisca figueroa emotionally followed. sources tell me a second body has been found in the rubble, figueroa. her family has been waiting here for any news. sources say authorities believe figueroa was in the building when the blast happened because she had recently gotten off the phone with her sister. the blast also killed 64-year-old ligia puello and seriously injured three others. and sibilia, you mentioned suicidal thoughts. ors sources tell me she posted on social media, as well as sent text messages alluding to suicidal thoughts before this blast happened. but we talked to a friend of hers here at the scene who said figueroa was happy and there's no way she committed suicide. that investigation is still under way. that's the latest here, i'm brynn gingras. >>> seven injured when an amtrak train en route through new york city derailed today in vermont. happened this morning in north field, which is about 20 miles southwest. the vermonter train was on its way to washington, d.c., when it hit rocks

. >> francisca figueroa was going the gas to her apartment had been cut off for nonpayment. she was being evicted from that apartment as and now investigators are trying to figure out if gas lines leading to that second floor apartment had been tampered with before that building blew to bits. >> reporter: through the night they worked to carefully sift through the mountain of blasted concrete and mangled steel that used to be a building here in borough park. some pieces identified and set aside for the investigation just as friends start today mourn. >> she was a beautiful person. we all love her. very caring person. very good with her kids. >> reporter: 48-year-old francisca figueroa, mother of three, shoontd have been in the building on saturday. she was she was the leaked gas exploded. >> that woman is a hard worker. always working, make her kids. she was a hardworking woman who enjoyed life. >> 64-year-old legia puello was found dead after the blast. the investigation is centered on figueroa who shouldn't have been in the building when it exploded. >> she didn't deserve

the victim is francisca figueroa. investigators are looking in to whether the blast was accidental or intentional. figueroa was reportedly in serious debt, getting evicted. fire marshals the cause. >>> police have identified the driver of a van whose mattress and box spring triggered a dash cam video shows the truck swerving to avoid the debris near carney yesterday. it hit a guard rail, flipped over and burst in to flames. authorities say the truck was carrying 8500 gallons of fuel. the truck was operated by jsk transport of warren, new jersey and police believe the driver who was killed may have been from newark. no charges have been filed against the van driver. >>> mayor de blasio heading to israel a week from tomorrow. he's a keynote speaker in a conference of mayors. his topic, anti-semitism in the west and how the city must lead the campaign against him. cost of the three-day trip covered by private donations. security for the trip covered by the nypd. >>> new at 6:00, speaking of the mayor, no shortage of poss

it's believed to be the body of 48-year-old francisca figueroa. the mother of three shouldn't have been in the building on saturday. she was evicted on thursday, but friends and family members confirmed she was still there cleaning up when leaking gas exploded. >> the woman's a hard worker. all the years i've known her, she's had several businesses. she's always working making money for her kids. you know, she was just a hardworking woman that enjoyed life. gas to the apartment had been turned off for nonpayment. so now investigators will look into whether any gas lines were tampered with or locks broken. >> it's 5:43. flood waters are beginning do recede in hard hit south carolina this morning but the severe damage and destruction has begun. 12 people were killed in the driving in the storms. hundreds of roads or bridges have been flooded or washed away. in an effort to help the victims president obama has declared the state a major disaster which will provide federal money and much needed aid. the national guard is rescuing people from their hom

no one can say with absolute certainty that 48-year-old francisca figueroa is dead, but family members have found nothing suggesting she's alive. city councilman brad lander has been by the family's side. >> her car was here. one of her relatives spoke to her in the building earlier in the day, and they haven't heard from her since then. >> surveillance video shows figueroa's three-story apartment building in borough park brooklyn exploding saturday afternoon. figueroa was on the phone with her sister milagros seconds before the explosion. milagros spoke to us through a translator. >> she was a fighter, a real hard worker. she never said no to anything. she was very calm and she said she had to clean. it was less than 5 minutes and i never spoke to her again. >> one body has been removed from the rubble, the glass killed 64-year-old ligia puello who was in the stairwell. eyewitness news reporter kemberly richardson spoke with her sister-in-law. >> she was a very religious woman. she was a humble person. she was a family woman. her husband just died a year ago. she lived there with her

authorities are searching for francisca figueroa. identify the woman found in the building stairwell as lehi abuero. >> lucy lang is in borough park tonight. >> reporter: it is still a is very active investigation with multiple agencies on site. the latest word is at least two buildings will have to be demolished, but before that, investigators need to go through all the debris very carefully to find the cause of this gas explosion and to find the second floor tenant who surveillance video shows the deadly explosion as it tore through the building. tonight, the 4200 block of 13th avenue in borough park remains a disaster zone, as crews work to clean up the debris, shore up the building, and locate the one woman who has still not been found. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: she was a fighter, a real hardworker. never said no to anything. she was really calm and said she had to clean. >> reporter: she was on the phone with her sister, francesca figueroa shortly before the explosion. >> it was less than five minutes her again. >>

investigators are digging through the rubble searching for 48-year-old francisca figueroa. her sister says she was moving out at the time. investigators say a stove being moved out of the building may have sparked the explosion. 64-year-old ligia puello was killed in the blast. that building and the one next door are expected to be demolished. >>> 8:28. we check the commute with debbie duhaime. >> thanks a lot. first of all go to the maps and i'll tell you what's happening on the garden state parkway northbound exit 140 in union. accident being cleared. also the palisades parkway south exit 7 getting into nanuet, it's an accident george 10 minutes in, lincoln 30, holland 10, downtown delays on the a train with signal problems. lirr port jeff branch watch for rail. let's go outside, i'll show the inbound gowanus. stop-and-go traffic. alternate side parking rules suspended. >>> thank you. meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> we've got cloudy skies. breaks of sun, we've got a light northerly wind and the temperature 53 degrees. we'll have breaks of sun. i

still looking for a missing second floor tenant according to count land she has been identified francisca figueroa, her car was founder nearby. it is unclear if figueroa is that 10 tenant, a 64-year-old died in the explosion saturday afternoon, 13 people were injured. most of the injuries were minor, nearly 50 people remember displaced from their homes, red cross has been helping them. a search dog could be seen combing through the rubble yesterday. firefighters were delayed getting into the building because of concern its would collapse and compound the tragedy. the blasts was so strong that it blue blew off of front of the building. >> another live look this morning, at rubble, and search here on 13th avenue this is a - 3 jewish area -- a heavily jewish area, when that believe the occurred many were at home saturday observing the sabbath, had it happened to any more day, their may have been more foot traffic in the area, ben and liz? >> it is a silver lining here, robert thank you. >> a nyu student who had been april is to be released this afternoon, he was living in new jersey and studying here

francisca figueroa reportedly was in serious debt and was being evicted. >>> meanwhile, we have new information on the ill fated voyage of the cargo ship named el faro. one of the 33 missing crew members lived in brooklyn. that crew member, 26-year-old mitchell cufflick. the coast guard suspended its search for possible survivors last night, nearly a week after the ship sank in the bahamas near hurricane joaquin. one of his neighbors remembers him as a nice guy and being very polite. >> i think it's sad because there was a lot of them on the boat. i didn't know he was one of them. >> the neighbor tells eyewitness news he moved in to the building about a year ago with his girlfriend. >>> new developments in the deadly turnpike accident in new jersey. in the last hour, police have identified the driver who dropped a mattress and box spring on the highway, suspected of causing a tanker driver to veer off the road and explode in a ball of fire. that driver was killed. the question now, will charges be filed? new jersey reporter anthony johnson is live in east rutherford with the latest. >> here's t

last night authorities positively identified francisca figueroa who had been missing since the blast last saturday. investigators say natural gas has been ruled out as a cause of the explosion, and they're looking into whether it was intentional. now another tenant ligia puello died in the explosion as well. >>> 6:06. house speaker john boehner may not be going home at the end of the month. boehner says he will remain as speaker until he is replaced and with the unexpected withdrawal of kevin mccarthy a replacement seems to be in chaos. there is word that boehner is pushing former vice presidential candidate paul ryan to run for the job. congressman ryan canceled a number of public appearances but has not yet announced if he is running. >>> mayor de blasio has scheduled his next international trip. this time to israel. the mayor will leave on thursday night and will stay through the weekend. during the visit he will be the keynote speaker at a conference of mayor's event speaking about ways to combat anti-semitism. travel expenses are being covered privately. >>> we have breaking new

initially officials were looking at gas after being told this stove had been removed from francisca figueroa's second floor apartment. records indicate back in june gas had off to that unit. fire marshals are also looking in to whether this was intentionally set. >> that's scary. i don't know know -- i really don't know what happened. so i can't speculate. but i'm hope -- hoping it was just an act of god that was meant to happen but we'll see. >> reporter: steven owns a hat shop next to the now-demolished buildings. he sat in on the first community meeting today where officials mapped out how they were going forward with plans to let folks back in to their businesses and apartments. it's figueroa's home at the center of this investigation. the mother of three feared dead in this explosion was being evicted from her apartment which sits right across the street from izzy's shop. today was her first day back in the area. >> devastating. two major businesses across the street, and it's just gone. >> this is where those two buildings were, where those businesses were. the fire commissioner says in

officials are focusing on one of the two victims, francisca figueroa. she reportedly had a significant amount of dead and was being evicted from the apartment. officials confirmed that there was no natural gas in her apartment. it had been turned off back in june. debris is now being tested for chemicals that may have been used as an accelerant. >>> a driver slams into cars over and over again. it's all caught on camera. dashboard cameras recorded the whole thing a mile long hit and run on saturday night, at least a dozen cars are hit. the driver finally stopped at a dead end street where some people stepped up and tried to intervene. that driver charge. >>> a yankee's do or die playoff performance turned out to be a dud. the houston astros celebrated a 3-0 win in the bronx to take the american league wild card game and end the yanks season. after it was over, a quiet yankee clubhouse reflected on the very short playoff run. >> it's baseball. i mean, you know, team fought hard all year, and sometimes it comes down to one game, and today wasn't our day.

itst believed to be the body of 48-year-old francisca figueroa. the mother of 3 should not have been in the building on saturday. she'd been evicted thursday. national grid said gas to her apartment had been turned off due to nonpayment. investigators are trying to figure out whether any gas lines had been tampered with or locks broken. >>> six people are facing charges in connection with a massive drug bust in queens. authorities seized 3,000 pounds of marijuana along with nearly a quarter million dollars in cash. cops say they spotted the suspect with cardboard moving -- the pot had an estimated street value of 3 1/2 million dollars. >>> good morning america is coming up next. robin roberts is live in time square. good morning robin. as you know, the race is on to find any survivors who were on board that u.s. cargo ship sunk by hurricane joaquin. the coast guard now has narrowed the search after finding a damaged lifeboat. our team is on the scene of that search. >>> also ahead, an abc news exclusive, it'sed fourth anniversary of steve jobs dea

debris is now being tested for chemicals that may have been used a as an accelerant. 47-year-old francisca figueroa one of the two women presumed dead in the blast was being evicted from the apartment where that explosion originated. >> there may have been another cause which we're looking at. is it possible it could have been some form of liquid, yes. this is what the fire marshals are looking at now. >> investigators are waiting for test results to determine if the blast was not an accident. coming up on eyewitness news at 5, we're going to hear from residents and business owners impacted by that explosion. >>> to long island now, growing concerns today after cooling towers at several schools tested positive for legionella. several districts, seven are now disinfecting their towers after the findings. long island reporter kristin thorne is outside sequoia middle school, the site of one of the most recent discoveries. >> sequoia middle school is one of three schools here in the school district that has cooling towers that have tested positive for the legionella bacteria, but they certainly are not

authorities are still looking for a missing second-floor 48-year-old francisca figueroa. her car was found nearby. disconnecting a gas line when moving out of the building. that may have caused the blasts. 64-year-old died in the explosion saturday afternoon. according to the fire department, 13 people were injured. most of the injuries were minor. the red cross has been helping them. search dog could be seen combing through the rubble yesterday. concerns that it would collapse and compound the tragedy. the blast was so strong that it blew off the front of the building. a virtually obstructed view of the debris inside. we are learning that figaro outlived inside that apartment building with her children. the time of the explosion. she remains missing at this hour. we hope to get an update from fire officials. that is the latest. back to you. rosanna: robert, thank you so much. gun control is on the minds of presidential candidates following that deadly shooting and organ at that campus last week. greg: what to do about it, it is not easy. do we have any video of this? hil

officials are focusing on one of the two victims, francisca figueroa. she reportedly had a significant amount of debt and was being evicted from the apartment. officials are confirming there was no natural gas in the apartment. it had been turned off in june. debris now being tested for chemicals that may have been used as an accelerant. >>> two of the biggest sports fantasy websites are under investigation for fraud. draft kings and fan dual were asked for internal data and details on how they prevent fraud and whether employees won lucrative payouts based on inside information. both companies say they're temporarily prohibiting workers from playing the games. >>> 4:39. this was not the scene the yankees wanted played out on their own home field. the houston astros celebrated a 3-0 win in the bronx to end the yanks season. the astros dallas keuchel struck out 7. after it was over a quiet yankee clubhouse reflected on the very short playoff run. >> it's baseball, i mean, the team fought hard all year, and sometimes it comes down to one game, and today w

they say the second body found in the rubble is that of francisca figueroa. another tenant, ligia puello, died in the explosion last weekend. fire investigators also say the blast was not caused by natural gas, as was initially thought. right now the case is still under investigation. >>> in new jersey, the truck driver killed in that fiery tanker crash on the turnpike has been identified. transport incorporated says the driver was from newark. he'd been driving for the company for nine months. he tried to avoid an suv that swerved because of a mattress in the road. police have not charged the driver who was hauling those mattresses. >>> happening today, the mets make their postseason debut in los angeles. they'll be taking on the dodgers in the national league divisional series. yesterday the team did work out at iconic dodgers stadium. it's the fist time the mets have been in the playoffs in almost a decade. as you can imagine, they're psyched to be there. >> it's excellent. i mean, it's -- individually it's satisfying, it's fulfilling. i'm more excited and