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NEW YORK — A bizarre tire blowout shattered nerves and a plate glass window on the Lower East Side on Monday.
As CBS 2’s Tony Aiello reported, a fire truck had pulled up tight against a Delancey Street curb around 1:45 p.m. while on a call to inspect a building .
The jagged edge of a metal curb guard ripped open a massive tire, which “correspondingly made the tire explode, and it blew out the window in 160 Delancey St. — the front store window,” said FDNY Chief John Rail. The air pressure in the tires is 130 pounds per square inch, which might not sound like a lot. But the tires are more than 3 feet high, meaning there is a lot of air inside. The concentrated blast hit the window and sent glass flying.
Full story: 3 People Injured After FDNY Truck Blows Tire, Shatters Window On Lower East Side