An explosion Saturday morning aboard a sewage boat docked on New York City’s Hudson River killed one city worker and injured two others, officials said.
Three Department of Environmental Protection employees were working on the vessel docked at the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in West Harlem when the explosion occurred at about 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, New York City Fire Department Deputy Assistant Chief David Simms told reporters.
Video captured heavy black smoke billowing into the air.
One DEP employee was pronounced dead at the scene of the explosion, Simms said, which occurred near 135th Street in Manhattan. Two others were taken to area hospitals. There conditions were not provided…