Videos from the scene show the car quickly being consumed by the fire as onlookers awaited for the fire department to arrive.
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NYC car explosion details

The fire broke out near Broadway and Stone Street around 5:42 p.m., according to fire officials.
Several witnesses were filming the blazing car on their cellphones before it suddenly erupted in a huge explosion.
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