Explosion, fire rock Staten Island oil storage facility

Saturday, February 22, 2003

NEW YORK -- A gasoline barge exploded with a thunderous blast while it was being unloaded Friday, killing two workers and sending up a fiery column of black smoke so high it could be seen more than 30 miles away.

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