Suspected boat explosion injures 11 in Miami

Officials are investigating what caused the explosion at a popular marina in southern Florida. Miami: Suspected boat explosion injures 11 Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Miami's Haulover Sandbar, the location of the blast. Drone birds-eye shot of the Haulover Sandbar in Miami, Florida. Suspected boat explosion injures 11 in Miami US authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion on board a boat that injured 11 people in Miami, southern Florida. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Juan Arias told reporters that emergency crews responded to reports of a "possible boat explosion" at Haulover Sandbar, a popular tourist location. Eleven people were taken to local hospitals to be treated for burns and traumatic injuries, Arias said. Officials have not revealed the cause of the explosion. The BBC has approached Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue for further details. "We saw three people fly out of the boat," eyewitness and local boat charter Patrick Lee told the BBC's US partner CBS News. "I just saw a lot of them with burns all over them, and I said that it's a hot fire," Lee added. "It is quick, but it's high octane gasoline, and so a lot of them got burnt and it was an explosion." Videos from the scene appear to show a helicopter landing close to the Miami marina with emergency teams carrying at least one injured person on a stretcher. Fire and rescue teams were joined by the US coast guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation in responding to the incident. Haulover Sandbar is billed as a popular tourist marina in Miami, owing to its clear and shallow water. The looksmaxxing influencer allegedly livestreamed himself firing gunshots from an airboat at an alligator. The BBC visited the Villages, the world’s largest retirement community and a key GOP stronghold, where a growing chorus of critics signals change ahead of President Trump’s visit. Politics have become an increasingly thorny issue in the Villages, Florida, which is home to 150,000 people. To fly the helicopter it now costs £483 an hour, up from £222 an hour in February. Officials say at least six US states are monitoring for possible cases after several passengers from the Dutch vessel MV Hondius returned home. The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) has presented Fifa with 10 conditions for participation at the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada. The unidentified individual had jumped a perimeter fence two minutes before being struck by the airliner. Krista Scelza, 33, opens up about the reasons why she became a surrogate for a couple from Bolton.