{"id":343569,"date":"2026-09-11T03:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343569\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T03:58:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T03:58:21","slug":"one-dead-after-explosion-at-staten-island-petroleum-barge-triggers-massive-container-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343569\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead after explosion at Staten Island petroleum barge triggers massive container fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person was killed Thursday afternoon when an explosion on board a Staten Island petroleum barge caused a massive shipping container fire, according to authorities and sources.<\/p>\n<p>The blast erupted around 2:35 p.m. on board the barge called \u201cCasablanca\u201d\u00a0 on Richmond Terrace near South Avenue in Mariners Harbor, according to the FDNY and law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40758099\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/scene-explosion-reported-aboard-petroleum-140499120.jpg\" alt=\"Scene of an explosion aboard the petroleum barge Casablanca in Staten Island.\" class=\"wp-image-40758099\"\/>The scene where an explosion was reported aboard a petroleum barge named Casablanca at the Kirby Offshore Marine company in Staten Island on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. Obtained by the NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The second-alarm fire consumed the 10 foot-by-40 foot shipping container, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Footage shows thick plumes of smoke rising from the cargo ship.<\/p>\n<p>Only a worker was on board the barge, cops said. Law enforcement sources confirmed a single fatality.<\/p>\n<p>Two firefighters also suffered minor injuries, the FDNY said. <\/p>\n<p>A total of 53 FDNY units, including 160 fire, EMS and Hazmat workers descended on the scene, fire officials said.<\/p>\n<p>First responders were still on scene about two hours later trying to render the barge safe and prevent any other explosions.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the blast was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person was killed Thursday afternoon when an explosion on board a Staten Island petroleum barge caused a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1840,544,57,9,24,63,134,136,135,58],"class_list":["post-343569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-death","tag-fires","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343569","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=343569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}