{"id":245565,"date":"2026-05-27T20:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/245565\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:52:44","slug":"fdny-says-deadly-staten-island-shipyard-explosion-was-accidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/245565\/","title":{"rendered":"FDNY says deadly Staten Island shipyard explosion was accidental"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"evfim\">A deadly <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/explosion-at-staten-island-shipyard-injures-16-including-13-firefighters-officials-say\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">explosion<\/a> at a Staten Island shipyard last week was accidental, according to the FDNY.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6dpe7\">The fire department said Wednesday that preliminary findings show flammable vapors from industrial-grade paint ignited inside a confined space, causing the fire and subsequent explosion.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9mvvn\">One person died and 36 others were injured after a vessel exploded at a dry-dock on Staten Island on May 22. The injured included 31 firefighters, four EMS workers and another civilian, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"40pn7\">FDNY officials previously said they received reports that afternoon of workers trapped in a confined space at the dry-dock at 3075 Richmond Terrace. Hundreds of first responders were called to the scene, with more than 200 still there by Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1bv8g\">The FDNY said Wednesday that all injured department members have been released from the hospital except for a fire marshal, who remains hospitalized in stable condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A deadly explosion at a Staten Island shipyard last week was accidental, according to the FDNY. The fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-245565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}