NYC sewage boat explosion in Hudson River kills 1 city worker, injures 2 others

A New York City Department of Environmental Protection DEP worker is dead and two others were injured after a raw sewage boat exploded Saturday in the Hudson River Just after a m the New York City Fire Department FDNY received a account of an explosion aboard the city-owned vessel Hunts Point When crews arrived they detected a large explosion had occurred in one of the holds on the tank FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief David Simms noted NEW AERIAL VIDEO CAPTURES POLICE DIVE GANG RESPONSE TO FATAL HUDSON RIVER HELICOPTER CRASHThe vessel is used to shipping raw sewage from New York City to a sewage recovery plant Simms mentioned Though two employees survived a third employee died after being blown by a force explosion in between the pier and the vessel itself according to representatives FDNY tried to use a technical extrication to free the employee but the employee died FIRST RESPONDERS RACE TO HELICOPTER CRASH IN HUDSON RIVER NYPDThe DEP endorsed the employee who died was working on the vessel which was docked at the North River Wastewater Asset Recovery Facility in West Harlem One employee who was injured was taken to a hospital Another employee refused anatomical rehabilitation according to executives The hospitalized employee's condition is unknown US COAST GUARD NEW YORK FIRST RESPONDERS SEARCHING FOR MISSING PERSON AFTER BOAT CAPSIZED WITH SIX PASSENGERSDue to the nature of the explosion there was raw sewage on the ship's deck and all responding FDNY personnel were decontaminated At this development we used an all-hands assignment which was three engines two ladder companies and a chief Simms revealed We had four units from our marine division a hazmat battalion and our safety battalion Representatives would not say if the explosion was an accident noting the cause is under examination by the Bureau of Fire Assessment FIERY BOAT EXPLOSION IN FLORIDA MARINA LEAVES ONE DEAD SEVERAL INJURED The entire DEP family is grieving at present declared DEP Commissioner Rohit T Aggarwala Our employee who lost his life had served the Department and the City with dedication for years He was a valued and experienced member of the Bureau of Wastewater Healing and his decades of facility reflect his commitment to DEP s mission Aggarwala continued Plant operations were not affected and there did not appear to be any environmental damage NYC Water posted on X