官员称,劳德代尔堡船只爆炸,11人受伤,包括儿童
官员称,阵亡将士纪念日当天,佛罗里达州一艘船爆炸,造成11名乘客受伤,其中包括两名儿童。
海岸警卫队说,事故发生在周一下午5点45分左右,地点在新河三角附近的劳德代尔堡。报道称,当时船上有13人。
劳德代尔堡消防救援队在爆炸后将11人运送到布劳沃德健康医疗中心,其中两人是儿童。
据官员称,船上还有一只狗获救,没有受伤。
劳德代尔堡消防救援发言人弗兰克·古兹曼告诉美国广播公司新闻,爆炸发生时,这艘船停泊在近岸内航道的一个沙洲上,众所周知,这里是船夫在假日周末聚集的地方。
古兹曼说,当船司机重新启动引擎准备靠岸时,船爆炸了,人们被抛入水中,并引发了闪燃。
Guzman说,消防队长办公室正在调查火灾原因。
11 injured, including children, after boat explodes in Fort Lauderdale: Officials
Eleven passengers, including two children, were injured when a boat exploded in Florida on Memorial Day, according to officials.
The incident occurred around 5:45 p.m. on Monday in Fort Lauderdale near the New River Triangle, the Coast Guard said. There were 13 people aboard the vessel at the time, it said.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue transported 11 people to Broward Health Medical Center after the explosion, two of whom were children.
There was also a dog on the boat that was rescued, uninjured, according to officials.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesperson Frank Guzman told ABC News the boat was anchored at a sandbar in the Intracoastal Waterway, where boaters are known to congregate on holiday weekends, when the explosion occurred.
When the boat driver turned the engine back on to head to shore, the boat exploded, throwing people into the water and sparking a flash fire, Guzman said.
The fire marshal's office is investigating the cause of the fire, Guzman said.