A salvage crew detonated a cluster of tiny explosives on Monday to demolish the largest remaining section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed across the bow of the Dali after the container ship slammed into it earlier this year.
The controlled detonations to remove a four-ton chunk of the bridge comes almost seven weeks after the disaster, which killed six construction workers and briefly cut off access in the Port of Baltimore. Images showed orange flashes and plumes of black smoke as the section crashed into the water, sending water splashing back onto the boat.
In a statement, Mayor Brandon Scott hailed the Key Bridge Response Unified Command team “for a flawless, safe execution of these precision cuts and for the care you’ve shown our city during this process.”
