New Delhi, April 30 -- A powerful explosion ripped through a residential building in New York's South Ozone Park on Thursday morning, injuring 10 people - including seven police officers - and triggering a five-alarm fire that destroyed the home and spread to a neighbouring property, according to officials.

Police said officers from the NYPD responded at around 2:42 a.m. to a 911 call reporting a domestic dispute involving a man armed with a knife at a house on 130th Street. As officers attempted to enter the residence, an explosion occurred, rapidly escalating into a major fire.

Authorities said the blast led to a fast-moving inferno that engulfed the two-and-a-half-storey private home and damaged an adjacent building. Firefighters fro...