FDNY fire marshals have issued their initial findings on the cause of the May 22 explosion that killed a Flushing man at a Staten Island boat yard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xiaoyuan Li, 56, was the only fatality from the blast that injured more than 30 others at the May Ship Repair Contracting Corp.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreliminary findings indicate the fire involved the ignition of flammable vapors associated with industrial-grade paint within the confined space,\u201d the FDNY stated in a post on its official X page.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two-alarm fire and the explosion are being called accidental.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Published reports have said Li and a coworker were trapped in a confined space at a dry dock. Firefighters looking for them found a fire in a metal structure at about 3:30 p.m. About 50 minutes later there was an explosion<\/p>\n
Two firefighters, including one with serious injuries, were among those hurt.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The New York Post reported that Li and his family came from China about 10 years ago.<\/p>\n
Councilwoman Sandra Ung (D-Flushing) shared her condolences on X this past Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe came to this country seeking opportunity, a story shared by so many in our community,\u201d Ung wrote. \u201cMy thoughts are with his family during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FDNY fire marshals have issued their initial findings on the cause of the May 22 explosion that killed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[648,9,24,37283,22796,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-247010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-flushing","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-fire-department","tag-new-york-city-firefighters","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247010","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=247010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}