A fire and subsequent explosion occurred at the Richmond Industrial Complex at 3075 Richmond Terrace on May 22 shortly after 3:30 p.m. Fire Department units responded to a reported fire confined to the basement of a small structure behind a shipping dock. Firefighters discovered two people trapped. Additional units were called in for firefighting and victim searches, and a blast followed. One civilian died and FDNY personnel recovered the body. Thirty-four firefighters and EMS personnel were seriously wounded, most of them on a nearby barge and on and around the dock. A fire marshal suffered a brain bleed and fractured skull and was hospitalized in critical condition, intubated and medicated while doctors monitor swelling.
"Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Bonsignore reported that one civilian had died in the blast. That individual's identity has yet to be released, though FDNY personnel was able to recover their body. All other civilians at the scene"
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