About 7 PM tonight a Roosevelt Island resident spotted smoke coming from the Queensboro Bridge reporting:
Looks like a fire on the bridge at around 7pm
and shares these photos
Images From Paul Celendrillo According to the Twitterverse:
Anyone in NYC avoid Queensboro bridge. Big fire on bridge twitter.com/Deanofcomedy/s
Dean Obeidallah (@Deanofcomedy) April 7, 2013
Manhattan: Queensboro Bridge Queens Bound. All lanes being closed due to a truck on fire. Expect heavy delays. NY06 twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/s
New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) April 7, 2013
Manhattan: Queensboro Bridge U/D Truck with oxygen & acetylene tanks exploded. Hazmat requested. Avoid the area. NY06 twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/s
New York City Alerts (@NYCityAlerts) April 7, 2013
Saw explosion from Roosevelt Island tram twitter.com/HarveyChin1/st
Harvey Chin (@HarveyChin1) April 7, 2013
And the Roosevelt Island Tram just keeps going like all is well #Queensboro#explosion twitter.com/SaxNStrikeouts
Seth E. (@SaxNStrikeouts) April 7, 2013
So now we’re getting it: Truck with O2 and Acetylene tanks hits overpass on 59th St Bridge. A) Big explosion B) “Truck fire” C) Smoke pall
Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 8, 2013
At approximately 8 PM I spoke with a person coming back to Roosevelt Island on the Tram who told me the fire on the Queensboro Bridge
Queensboro Bridge This Evening had been put out.
Both directions of the Edward I Koch Bridge are closed between Manhattan and Queens due to a truck fire. Expect heavy delays.
NYC OEM – Notify NYC (@NotifyNYC) April 8, 2013