FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — An explosion on a boat in South Florida sent 11 people to the hospital.
It happened on Monday near a yacht club in Fort Lauderdale.
One of the victims said a fireball erupted when they started the boat.
“I heard a loud explosion. When I looked at the boat, I seen it was looking like gas vapor, went into the air. I see people jump in the water,” said witness Christopher Blackwood.
Some of the people on the boat were badly burned to the point where they were taken to a burn center in Miami.
Officials said a dog was also rescued from the boat.on
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