Public Safety & Justice Quiet since Sep 11 Updated Sep 11, 2026
The Staten Island waterfront explosions
A worker was killed and two firefighters hurt when a docked petroleum barge exploded at 3249 Richmond Terrace in Staten Island's Mariners Harbor, the second deadly blast on that waterfront since May 22. The fight is over what is causing repeated explosions at the industrial waterfront and whether regulators intervene before a third one.
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Sep 11, 2026 Latest
An explosion on a docked petroleum barge at 3249 Richmond Terrace in Staten Island's Mariners Harbor killed a worker and injured two firefighters, the second deadly blast on that waterfront since May 22, Gothamist and NBC New York reported.
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