Searchers have confirmed one of the victims killed in the East Village explosion was missing male model Nicholas Figueroa. The 23-year-old was settling the check at the sushi restaurant after a second date with his Bowlmor Lanes colleague when the building erupted. He was one of two people, alongside 26-year-old busboy Moises Ismael Locón Yac, delcared missing after the blast. Officials have yet to identify the second body pulled from the debris on Sunday. Scroll down for video . Tragic: Investigators have confirmed one of the victims killed in the blast was male model Nicholas Figueroa . Missing: Moises Ismael Locón Yac (left) and Figueroa (right) were declared missing after the explosion. It is believed the two were standing together inside the building when the building erupted . Figueroa's family endured an agonizing wait for information on Thursday after searching every hospital in the city. His date, 22-year-old Theresa Galarza, was pictured at the scene being fitted with a neck brace after she was reportedly hurled across the street by the force of the suspected gas explosion. She was later admitted to Bellevue Hospital with a broken nose and punctured lung. Firefighters roll a stretcher into the devastation area on Second Avenue  following the discovery of a second body buried in the rubble of the East Village explosion . Debris from the scene of the explosion is removed before being taken to a secure location for examination . The medical examiner and Crime Scene Unit were also at the site of the disaster which has killed two people and injured 25 others . Firefighters look out of the windows of damaged buildings during as the search for  people missing in the disaster continued . Rubble is removed from the scene of apparent gas explosion on Sunday  three days after the disaster in the East Village neighborhood of New York . Initial reports suggest the Figueroa and Locón, a delivery boy for the restaurant on Second Avenue, may have been standing next to each other at the time of the explosion and may have been blown upward toward the restaurant's cellar - causing them to be buried in the rubble. Locón's family also rushed to the scene and scoured local hospitals after hearing news of the blast, CBS reports. His older brother, Alfredo, told CBS on Friday that he is devastated about Locón's disappearance. Meanwhile, some debris from the explosion and fire is being taken to a secure site where it will be examined again for any human remains. Debris from the explosion and fire is being taken to a secure site where it will be examined again for any human remains . Explosion: Theresa Galarza, 22,  was with Figueroa in the restaurant when the blast occurred, she was propelled to the other side of Second Avenue . Missin Person: After the fire on Second Avenue destroyed the three buildings, two men were declared missing - Figueroa (left) and Locón (right), both in their twenties . Found: Searchers found a body Sunday in the rubble from Thursday's massive fire in East Village, the identity of the body is unknown . An official with knowledge of the operation told The Associated Press of the plans. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the operation is ongoing. Emergency workers have been looking through the rubble for signs of the two men who have been missing since Thursday's blast. The explosion and subsequent fire leveled three buildings. The official says upper layers of debris have already been removed and workers have reached the basement level. One of the buildings contained the restaurant where the missing men are believed to have been at the time, Sushi Park. Workers are examining debris onsite before it is removed to the secure location. Looking: Emergency workers have been looking through the rubble for signs of the two men who have been missing since Thursday's blast, the explosion and subsequent fire leveled three buildings . Authorities and the men's families have been searching for the men tirelessly. Police have been using search dogs in the recovery efforts. Robert Boyce, the department's chief of detectives, told the Times that police received initial reports of about 42 people who might be missing. However, police concluded that only Locón and Figueroa were known to have been in the building during the explosion. Four of the 22 people injured remain in critical condition. Eighteen of the 22 suffered non-life threatening injuries. Workers from Con Edison reportedly visited the building (121) for about 45 minutes, the Times reports. After the workers left, the owner of the sushi bar reported smelling gas to the building's owner. The explosion occurred 15 minutes later as workers went to look in the basement. Debris Already Removed: The official says upper layers of debris have already been removed and workers have reached the basement level . Access: During a press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio said there is a possibility that a gas line in the restaurant's basement was 'inappropriately accessed internally by people in the building . The investigation into the explosion's cause is ongoing, and the focus is on the plumbing and gas work being done at Sushi Park -- public records show no current work permit on file for plumbing work to be done at the location. During a press conference, Mayor Bill de Blasio said there is a possibility that a gas line in the restaurant's basement was 'inappropriately accessed internally by people in the building,' NBC reports. Authorities are investigating whether the explosion was the result of a gas theft scheme, according to NBC. Though no one was charged with any wrongdoing at the time -- as it was being treated as a safety violation by inspectors -- investigators are trying to determine if a similar gas-theft scheme will take place.
Searchers found two bodies Sunday in the rubble from Thursday's  fire . Two men have been missing since Thursday's explosion: Nicholas Figueroa and Moises Ismael Locón Yac . NYPD has confirmed Figueroa as one of the victims . Debris from the explosion and fire is being taken to a secure site where it will be examined again for any human remains .