Partial building collapse disrupts New York commuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A vacant building partially collapsed in New York on Tuesday but there were no reports of injuries, the city's Fire Department said.

Metro North commuter trains running nearby through Harlem were shut down as a precaution, causing chaos for commuters trying to catch trains north from Grand Central Station.

The building in the north of Manhattan at 124th Street was vacant, a Fire Department spokesman said. Several hours after the collapse, fire officials said there were no injuries.

Part of an exterior brick wall fell into a vacant lot adjacent to the building, whose main structure remained intact. There was no information on the cause of the collapse.

(Reporting by Claudia Parsons; Editing by Bill Trott)