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<\/a> One worker died and 34 New York City firefighters were injured in a shipyard fire and explosion at a Staten Island shipyard, city officials said May 22.<\/p>\n
One worker died and 34 New York City firefighters were injured in a shipyard fire and explosion at a Staten Island shipyard, city officials said May 22.<\/p>\n
More than 70 fire and EMS units responded to the fire at 3:30 p.m. at the May Ship <\/a>Repair Contracting Corp.<\/a>, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at an evening press conference. The rescuers found two workers trapped in small metal structure in the yard amid heavy smoke conditions, and one later died.<\/p>\n FDNY officials said firefighters found the fire burning in the basement of a large metal structure at the dock, and were fighting the fire when a major explosion about 50 minutes later.\u00a0<\/p>\n FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said the fire crews dealt with limited visibility and heavy smoke and they were told two workers were trapped in the basement.<\/p>\n Amid the fire and explosion first responders searched on and around a barge at the yard in the Mariners Harbor section, and 34 Fire Department of New York members were reported with minor injuries, including firefighters and EMS technicians. Two at Staten Island University Hospital included a fire marshal in critical condition, said FDNY Chief John Esposito.<\/p>\n \u201cConfined spaces are very dangerous operations for any rescuers,\u201d Esposito said. \u00a0At an evening press conference Bonsignore remarked that despite the injuries \u201cwe got lucky this day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n