‘I thought we got bombed': Mom who escaped NYC explosion with kids tells of terror

NBC New York reports on a Queens house explosion early Thursday morning where NYPD officers responding to a domestic violence call—a drunk man with a knife—were at the front door when a basement apartment intentionally doused with gasoline ignited, throwing officers back and injuring more than half a dozen, along with civilian residents including a mother of three on the third floor. The reporting is sourced from named law enforcement officials (NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Assistant Chief Christopher McIntosh), direct eyewitness testimony from survivor Angelica Castellar, bodycam footage, and surveillance video; the article includes specific details like the 2:42 a.m. call time, the suspect's name (50-year-old Anroop Parsam), and the fact that three expired protective orders existed against him. Independent news coverage from ABC News and ABC7 New York corroborates the core facts—the explosion, officers being thrown, the gasoline, the missing suspect, and a body found in rubble—while this NBC article adds the valuable firsthand account from the mother who credits her vocal plea with the baby for her family's survival. Watch for updates on the unidentified body's identification from the medical examiner's office and any developments regarding the missing suspect's whereabouts.