Explosion, Fire At Bowline Plant On The Hudson River

HAVERSTRAW, NY — Emergency responders and a hazmat team respond to the Bowline Point Thermal Power Plant in Haverstraw Thursday morning after a reported explosion and fire.

A transformer exploded, Rockland Fires reported on Facebook. Firefighters from Theills, Stony Point and Haverstraw responded. Haverstraw Ambulance Corps and Medic 1 were standing by. The Rockland County Hazmat Team was requested.

No injuries were reported, the Rockland Daily tweeted.

The New York Department of Environmental Conservation said Spill Response and Environmental Conservation Police Officers responded to the Bowline Plant. No impacts to the river were observed.

It's the latest in a series of incidents that called firefighters to the plant.

In May, the roof of the Bowline power plant caught fire due to heat from a steam pipe, News 12 reported.

In late July, after two incidents of black smoke coming from the plant, it was shut down. The cause of the first plume was an operator error which caused a violation of state pollution laws and the second a mechanical failure, according to Riverkeeper. SEE: More Smoke Over The Hudson, Bowline Power Plant Shut Down

On July 13, an alert nature photographer noticed the Hudson River was bubbling near the plant and caught it on video just hours before the first plume of black smoke appeared. The bubbling is still under investigation.

A second plume of black smoke was emitted July 27.