Two people were killed and some residents are feared trapped in a Manhattan apartment building that exploded this morning in the East Harlem neighborhood, a report said.

A gas leak is suspected to be the responsible for the building, on the corner of 116th Street and Park Avenue, to burst into flames, the Mailonline report said.

Those in the area reported hearing a loud boom and smoke in the area a little after 9am, and some were even evacuated.