One person is dead and five others are injured after a boat burst into flames at the Lauderdale Marina in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida late Monday evening, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.
Fire crews responded to the marina around 6 p.m. to multiple 911 calls of a single vessel on fire in the water. When crews arrived they found that the fire had spread to a significant amount of the boat and had spread to a second. Cameras caught high definition footage of the explosion that sparked the fire, and shows the boat docked in the marina and out of nowhere the front end of it explodes with a man on the dock extremely close by.
The people on the dock did not appear to be aware that anything was wrong with the bought before it violently exploded, seemingly out of nowhere. Three people could then be seen on the video running for their lives from the boat which continued to burn after the explosion.
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The second boat that caught on fire was only partially damaged, according to the video.
By the time fire officials were able to fully extinguish the fire the boat was unrecognizable and completely charred floating in the water. The second boat that caught on fire was only partially damaged, according to the video.
Several people were injured as a result of both the fire and the explosion. Five were taken to the hospital with what FLFR described as “traumatic” injuries. Fire officials soon learned from bystanders and other victims that there was one person on the boat who was unaccounted for.
Emergency divers and a watercraft began searching for an individual in the water but Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies located them deceased later that evening,
Emergency divers and a watercraft began searching for an individual in the water but Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies located them deceased later that evening, according to FLFR.
Officials did not indicate if the victims were on or near the boat at the time of the explosion. No identities of the victims are being released at this time and the cause of the explosion is under investigation.
Officials did not indicate if the victims were on or near the boat at the time of the explosion.
Agencies involved included the BSO, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard.
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