The blast happened near the site of last year's deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, the Coast Guard said, and the resulting fire was extinguished.

BALTIMORE — A shipboard explosion has damaged a coal ship in Baltimore near the site where another cargo ship crashed into the Key Bridge. No one was hurt in the blast onboard the W-Sapphire, which was carrying a crew of 23 people, WBAL reported.

Authorities responded to reports of an explosion aboard a commercial vessel in the Patapsco River near the former Key Bridge site.