One worker was killed and two others injured after a vessel that transports sewage exploded on the Hudson River while it was docked on Saturday, according to police.
The explosion, at a wastewater treatment plant, was reportedly linked to “hot work aboard a docked boat,” the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement on X.
The Coast Guard responded to the reported explosion around 10:30 a.m. local time, the Coast Guard said.
There was an explosion on a motorized city vessel that transports raw sewage named “Hunts Point,” New York Fire Department Deputy Assistant Chief David Simms said at a press conference Saturday.
The person killed was blown by the force of the explosion between the pier and the vessel itself, according to Simms. The cause of the explosion, is under investigation by the Bureau of fire investigation.
All FDNY personnel at the incident had to be decontaminated, according to Simms.
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