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An FDNY battalion chief was killed by flying debris when a Bronx drug house explosion tore the roof off the home early Tuesday, injuring another 20 people, authorities said.
Chief Michael Fahy, a 17-year fire veteran who followed his father into the department, was mortally injured by the flying debris as he stood outside the two-story home around 7 a.m.
“We had a tragedy today,” Mayor de Blasio said in announcing the death. “A tragedy has befallen a family, a fire department and our entire city.”
The blast in the Kingsbridge section came about an hour after a passerby called 911 to report an odor of gas around the home at W. 234th St. and Irwin Ave., authorities said.
The rental property, an attached brick residence, was under investigation as a marijuana grow house, said Police Commissioner James O’Neill.