{"id":28253,"date":"2025-05-27T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fort-lauderdale-boat-explosion-on-memorial-day-injures-11-people-including-2-children-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:26:06","slug":"fort-lauderdale-boat-explosion-on-memorial-day-injures-11-people-including-2-children-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/fort-lauderdale-boat-explosion-on-memorial-day-injures-11-people-including-2-children-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale boat explosion on Memorial Day injures 11 people, including 2 children, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Eleven people, including two children, were injured after a boat exploded Monday afternoon on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Memorial Day<\/a> near a popular sandbar in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/tag\/fort-lauderdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a>, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses described a chaotic scene, with one man using his dinghy to help pull victims from the water.<\/p>\n<h2>Explosion near Broward sandbar sends people flying into water<\/h2>\n<p>Frank Guzman, public information officer for Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, said the explosion occurred around 5:45 p.m. near 9th Street, where a sandbar draws boaters and beachgoers on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/veterans-families-gather-in-fort-lauderdale-to-honor-fallen-on-memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">holiday weekends<\/a><\/span>. The boat was anchored at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For reasons that we don&#8217;t know yet, a boat exploded,&#8221; Guzman said during a Monday afternoon press conference. &#8220;It tossed people into the water. Good Samaritans came over right away and started rescuing them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Witness describes fireball and desperate pleas for help<\/h2>\n<p>Bret Triano was nearby when the explosion happened and quickly sprang into action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When they went to start their boat up, it just exploded. There was a huge fireball and people were kind of falling off the boat,&#8221; said Triano. He and others jumped into his dinghy to help.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once someone was calling 911, we just got in our dinghy and headed over there,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Triano said he tried to assist a man who was struggling in the water: &#8220;He was saying, &#8216;Save me, please don&#8217;t let me die, I&#8217;m so hot, I need water.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Victim believes fuel leak sparked boat blast<\/h2>\n<p>Antonio Rivera, one of the victims, believes the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak during refueling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Burned in the boat explosion just now,&#8221; Rivera said. &#8220;We tried to fuel up the boat and it must&#8217;ve been a gas leak and a spark went off and an explosion. My wife and my kids, they&#8217;ll be okay, there&#8217;s nothing permanent but they did get third-degree burns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>11 people, 2 children and a dog onboard<\/h2>\n<p>According to Guzman, all 11 people injured and transported to the hospital were aboard the boat. Two of the victims are children.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A dog that was also on board was rescued and is unharmed,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Burn victims taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital<\/h2>\n<p>All patients were initially taken to Broward Health Medical Center. Several with serious burns were later transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital, which has a specialized burn unit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have an exact number on how many patients are going to Jackson,&#8221; Guzman said, &#8220;but a number of the people were transported as what we call Level 1 traumas. That means they&#8217;re significantly hurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>FWC and Fort Lauderdale police investigation underway<\/h2>\n<p>The cause of the explosion has not been confirmed. 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