One person has died and 36 others were injured Friday afternoon when a vessel exploded at a dry dock in Staten Island, police and fire officials said. The injured include 31 firefighters, four EMS workers and one civilian.

The blast happened around 4 p.m. at 3075 Richmond Terrace, between Lockman and Andros avenues on the north shore of Staten Island, according to the FDNY.

A fire marshal and a firefighter are hospitalized in critical condition, and five other firefighters have moderate injuries, authorities said. The other firefighter and EMS injuries were described as minor. One civilian died, and the other was listed in serious condition.

“This was a complex, fast developing emergency situation,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a press conference late Friday.

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