Asbestos concerns

Name: Asbestos concerns
Uploaded: 2018-07-19T21:01:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 27 s
Description: A steam pipe installed in 1932 exploded in Manhattan's Flatiron District Thursday morning hurling chunks of asphalt and sending a geyser of billowing white steam several stories high. Testing confirmed asbestos in the pipe's casing. Tests showed the air in the area had cleared and is safe, he said, but health officials remain concerned about debris containing asbestos.

A steam pipe installed in 1932 exploded in Manhattan's Flatiron District Thursday morning hurling chunks of asphalt and sending a geyser of billowing white steam several stories high. Testing confirmed asbestos in the pipe's casing. Tests showed the air in the area had cleared and is safe, he said, but health officials remain concerned about debris containing asbestos.

Posted July 19, 2018 5:09pm EDT