Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: Explosives will be used to free ship from section of fallen steel wreckage

Crews in Baltimore will use precision explosives on a collapsed section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge to free the container ship Dali from the wreckage and clear the channel for maritime passage, officials said Wednesday.

Small charges will be placed inside precision cuts made in the steel to split a large section of the bridge’s truss at specific locations to create smaller, more manageable pieces that cranes and barges can remove from on top of the Dali, the Key Bridge Response Unified Command said.