{"id":42759,"date":"2025-05-27T03:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T08:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=42759"},"modified":"2025-05-27T03:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T08:53:28","slug":"11-hospitalized-including-2-kids-after-boat-explosion-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=42759","title":{"rendered":"11 hospitalized, including 2 kids, after boat explosion in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nearly a dozen people, including two children, were hospitalized after a boat explosion and fire in Fort Lauderdale<\/a>, Florida, on Memorial Day evening, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident was reported around 5:45 p.m. Monday near the New River Triangle, not far from the Lauderdale Yacht Club on Southeast 12th Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Coast Guard officials said there were 13 people on board the boat when there was an explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor reasons that we don\u2019t know yet, a boat exploded, it tossed people into the water, good Samaritans came over right away and started rescuing them,\u201d Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman Frank Guzman said. \u201cIt\u2019s too soon to know how this happened. We have a fire investigator on scene, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Footage from a surveillance camera captured the moment the fireball erupted on the boat, and showed multiple people spilling into the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guzman confirmed there were 11 patients, including two children, who were initially taken to Broward Health Medical Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA number of the patients had significant burns and are being transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where they have a burn unit,\u201d Guzman said. \u201cA lot of them had burns to much of their body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials at Jackson Memorial said they received 10 patients, including eight adults who were in good condition and two children who were in fair condition. One patient had to be intubated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antonio Rivero said he was with family members on the boat when it went up in flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTried to fuel up the boat, and must have been a gas leak and, you know, spark went off and explosion,\u201d Rivero said. \u201cOne of the guys’ pants were blown off, so it was bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rivero, 32, suffered burns to his arm, but his wife, Cassandra, and their two children remained hospitalized Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re OK because they\u2019re on a lot of meds, but other than that they\u2019re fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least one witness reported seeing an explosion and said they saw multiple people with burn injuries who were brought to the yacht club docks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victims had burned legs and bathing suits that appeared ripped and burned to shreds, the witness said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two other witnesses said they were on a dinghy at the sandbar when the boat exploded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen they went to start their boat up, it just exploded. There was a huge fireball and people were kind of falling off the boat,\u201d Bret Triano said. \u201cWe were at the sandbar too and we just tried to go help out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triano and Marisa Toomesn were able to rescue some of the victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were a couple boats trying to pick people up and one guy just didn\u2019t get picked up so we went over to him,\u201d Triano said. \u201cHe was screaming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was burned pretty badly,\u201d Toomesn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe was saying, ‘Save me. Please, don\u2019t let me die. I\u2019m so hot, I need water,\u2019\u201d Triano said. \u201cHe just kept repeating, \u2018I want water, I want water.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed Fort Lauderdale Police, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office assisting Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crews were seen examining the boat involved, which was tied up to a nearby sea wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guzman said crews also rescued a dog that had been on the boat that wasn\u2019t injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FWC and fire officials will investigate the cause of the explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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