Three Injured in Bergen County Animal Hospital Explosion

Three men were injured - one critically - when an MRI machine exploded at the Oradell Animal Hospital Friday.

Police say they do not know what caused the MRI machine to explode, which also caused the ceiling of the hospital’s east wing to collapse, according to NorthJersey.com. The 60 animals and 100 hospital employees were unharmed and accounted for.

The three injured men, who were working on the MRI machine when it exploded, were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, NJ.com reported.

Cliffview Pilot reports the men were electricians and that the critically injured man was in emergency surgery after taking “the full hit in the chest.”