Explosion on the Potomac. Crews standby for some Hollywood action near Washington’s Key Bridge. Watch the raw video from the show Washington Field.
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The DC Fire & EMS Department and Arlington Fire Department had crews on standby much of the day for some Hollywood action on the Potomac River. An explosion was supposed to happen between 9:30 and noon. It didn’t. Hundreds of people gave up waiting on and around the Key Bridge in Georgetown.
The small explosion is part of filming for a new TV series by CBS Paramount called Washington Field. It is about the exploits of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
The scene being filmed shows a rowing shell erupting in a fire ball. A dummy was inside the boat and a woman rowed by as part of the action.
But the action came much later than expected. It wasn’t until just after 2:00 PM that the fireball shot into the air and the boat and dummy burned. As expected, no one was hurt and the explosion was relatively tame by Hollywood standards.
