Loose nut may have caused fire at Harlem sewage plant

A fire over the summer at a Harlem sewage treatment plant may have been caused by a loose nut.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection released its findings in report on Tuesday.

The report says the cause of the four-alarm fire at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Harlem cannot be determined with certainty, but says a nut connected to a fuel injector had been tightened improperly.

The fire sent hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into waterways surrounding the city in July, forcing several beach closings.   More Read