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York-WABC — Firefighters in the Ravenswood section of Queens are battling a stubborn chemical fire at a power plant.
Newscopter Seven with John Delgiorno is live over scene.
The fire department is on the scene at the massive Keyspan plant in Ravenswood. Officials say the crews were doing work on a heat exchanger at about 10:30 am when a portion of the exchanger (maybe a pipe) caught fire. Eyewitness News was told that the pipe is constructed of highly combustible and flamable material, possibly titanium. The fire was still burning at noon so the fire department has made the decision to let the fire burn itself out. Fire officials say water is not effective against a fire with this type of material. The fire department has been checking the temperature of the pipe with an infrared camera system, to make sure it stays under control. This particular power plant can provide up to 27 percent of New York City's Power at any given time. There are no injuries reported and Keyspan's production at the plant is not effected.
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