One dead, 36 injured in explosion at New York dry dock

May 22 (Reuters) - An ‌explosion at ​a ​dry dock in New York City's Staten Island killed one person and injured ‌36 others on Friday, as the blast ⁠occurred while firefighters were on the scene responding to a ‌fire and attempting to ‌rescue two people who were trapped, officials said.

Two firefighters were hospitalized, including a fire marshal ​who suffered a fractured temple and a brain bleed and was intubated, officials said. The ⁠other firefighter was in serious condition but had shown improvement, officials ​said.

"This was a complex, fast-developing emergency situation," New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani told ​reporters.

"First responders did what they ‌always do: they ran towards danger so others could escape to safety."

Officials did ⁠not provide details about the person who died except to say it was a civilian.

A comprehensive investigation would ⁠begin once the fire was completely extinguished, Mamdani said.

Firefighters had ​responded to reports of a fire in a basement and two workers trapped and were on scene when ‌the explosion occurred, officials said.

The incident took place in the Richmond Terrace section ‌of the borough of Staten Island, a part ⁠of New York ‌City that is ​across the harbor from Manhattan.

(Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California; Editing by Kim ‌Coghill)

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