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NBC News
27-05-2025
- NBC News
11 hospitalized, including 2 kids, after boat explosion in Florida
Nearly a dozen people, including two children, were hospitalized after a boat explosion and fire in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day evening, officials said. 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. U.S. Coast Guard officials said there were 13 people on board the boat when there was an explosion. 'For reasons that we don't know yet, a boat exploded, it tossed people into the water, good Samaritans came over right away and started rescuing them,' Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue spokesman Frank Guzman said. 'It's too soon to know how this happened. We have a fire investigator on scene, as well.' Footage from a surveillance camera captured the moment the fireball erupted on the boat, and showed multiple people spilling into the water. Guzman confirmed there were 11 patients, including two children, who were initially taken to Broward Health Medical Center. 'A number of the patients had significant burns and are being transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where they have a burn unit,' Guzman said. 'A lot of them had burns to much of their body.' 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. Antonio Rivero said he was with family members on the boat when it went up in flames. 'Tried to fuel up the boat, and must have been a gas leak and, you know, spark went off and explosion,' Rivero said. 'One of the guys' pants were blown off, so it was bad.' Rivero, 32, suffered burns to his arm, but his wife, Cassandra, and their two children remained hospitalized Monday night. 'They're OK because they're on a lot of meds, but other than that they're fine,' he said. 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. The victims had burned legs and bathing suits that appeared ripped and burned to shreds, the witness said. Two other witnesses said they were on a dinghy at the sandbar when the boat exploded. '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,' Bret Triano said. 'We were at the sandbar too and we just tried to go help out.' Triano and Marisa Toomesn were able to rescue some of the victims. 'There were a couple boats trying to pick people up and one guy just didn't get picked up so we went over to him,' Triano said. 'He was screaming.' 'He was burned pretty badly,' Toomesn said. 'He was saying, 'Save me. Please, don't let me die. I'm so hot, I need water,'' Triano said. 'He just kept repeating, 'I want water, I want water.'' 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's Office assisting Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. Crews were seen examining the boat involved, which was tied up to a nearby sea wall. Guzman said crews also rescued a dog that had been on the boat that wasn't injured. The FWC and fire officials will investigate the cause of the explosion.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Time of India
US: 2 dead, 9 injured in Philadelphia mass shooting
Representative image Two people died and nine were injured in a mass shooting late Monday night in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The shooting took place around 10.30 PM near the intersection of Lemon Hill Drive and Poplar Drive, local police told News Action. Police confirmed that at least two of the victims wounded in the incident are juveniles. The ages of those who were killed have not been released. It remains unclear whether any arrests have been made in connection to the shooting. Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed a heavy police presence at the scene as investigators responded to the incident.
Hindustan Times
27-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Philadelphia mass shooting: 1 dead, several injured in Fairmount Park near Lemon Hill Drive
At least six people were shot in a shooting in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park on Monday night, May 26. One of the victims has died, Action News has learned. The incident took place on Lemon Hill Drive at Poplar Drive around 10:30 pm. Police confirmed that at least two people who were shot are juveniles, 6abc Philadelphia reported. However, the age of the deceased victim is unknown. It is still unknown if anyone is in custody for the shooting. There was a large police presence on the scene, video from Chopper 6 reportedly showed.
NBC News
28-01-2025
- NBC News
Vans transporting 26 Chinese migrants stopped in Florida, 2 smugglers detained
An investigation was underway in Coral Gables, Florida, after officers intercepted two vans that were transporting more than two dozen Chinese migrants Tuesday morning. Coral Gables Police officials said they received a call just after 8 a.m. from an alert citizen about migrants possibly being transported in vans. Officers responded and stopped one van in the area of 88th Street and Old Cutler Road and the other at 11600 Old Cutler Road. Between the two vans, there were 26 Chinese migrants including 17 men and 9 women who were in the process of being transported to an unknown location, police said. 'We believe they came by boat, they came into a secluded area around the southern end of Coral Gables,' Police Chief Ed Hudak said. The two smugglers, a Cuban and a Puerto Rican, were detained by police, and a firearm was recovered, Hudak said. Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed law enforcement at the scene patting down several people and escorting them to a city trolley. Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including Customs and Border Patrol and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. U.S. Homeland Security Investigations was taking over the investigation, police said. 'There is no place for human smuggling in the city of Coral Gables, much less the state of Florida. We must target illegal immigration head-on, using our experienced state and local agencies,' FDLE Special Agent in Charge in Miami John Vecchio said. The incident comes just days after more than two dozen people were taken into custody in Coral Gables in what authorities said was a human smuggling operation. Hudak said it's believed Tuesday's incident was another another human smuggling operation and said it appears the smugglers are using a canal area that leads to a private marina. 'They came ashore basically in the same area, the two vans went in two different directions,' Hudak said. 'I can't definitively say they're connected but this is one of those things where it was very very similar to what we had two weeks ago.'
