A n explosion was heard in New York City, one of the world's largest megacities, on Friday. Chilling videos circulating on social media show a massive cloud of black smoke rising from one of the city's streets. On Friday morning, around 10 am ET, a large fire occurred near 305 East 95th Street in Manhattan, not far from Central Park.

New York City's Manhattan was engulfed in black smoke following a "major explosion" in the region on Friday, local time, as per reports. Videos of the incident which captured the devastation flooded social media — streets shrouded in haze,