PSE&G workers in manhole explosion OK

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEWPILOT: Two PSE&G employees who were doing electrical work in a manhole near the Bergen County courthouse late Sunday when a sudden explosion ignited a fire were both released from the hospital, a spokesman for Hackensack University Medical Center said.

Jerry DeMarco

09/07/2009 4:57 a.m.

Vincent Scanapieco, 46, of South Hackensack, and 26-year-old David Reliford of Bloomfield were in a manhole at Essex and Main streets outside the courthouse when the 11 p.m. blast occurred, igniting a fire, said Hackensack Police Capt. Frank Lomia.

Scanpieco, a 1981 Hackensack High School graduate, is married. Reliford graduated from Bloomfield High School in 2001.

Vincent Scanapieco

David Reliford

Firefighters searched the courthouse and found no damage caused by a power surge triggered by the blast, authorities reported.

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