#SadNews: Soprano’s Actress Drea de Matteo’s East Village Apartment Burns Along With Dozens of Her Neighbors

Drea in happier times inside her East Village apartment where she lived for 22 years

Actress Drea de Matteo is among those who lost their homes yesterday after a massive fire destroyed three buildings in the NY’s East Village. She Instagrammed the above pic with the caption:

“NYC’s finest trying to put out the flames to mine [and] many others’ apartments. Speechless.”

The fire began in a sushi restaurant downstairs after workers hit a gas line. De Matteo also uploaded this shot below of the void where her apartment building once stood at Second Avenue and East Seventh Street.

“A hole where my NYC home of the last 22 years once stood.”

Later, the two adjacent buildings in the shot burned and collapsed in the evening hours. Nineteen people who were in the area were taken to hospitals to be treated for various injuries as a result of the blast and fire. No dead are confirmed, but two people remain missing this morning according to the New York Times.