Two Teens among Six Injured in GA Boat Explosion

    May 10, 2021
    Hall County firefighters battled a fire that engulfed a boat following an explosion that happened while the vessel was refueling at the gas docks on Lake Lanier.

    By Asia Simone Burns

    Source The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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    Two teens were airlifted to the hospital after a boat explosion on Lake Lanier in Hall County, GA, on Sunday.
    Two teens were airlifted to the hospital after a boat explosion on Lake Lanier in Hall County, GA, on Sunday.

    Six people, including two teens, were injured on Sunday afternoon after a boat exploded on Lake Lanier, officials said.

    The 16-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy were flown to Grady Memorial Hospital following the incident, which happened near Margaritaville at Lanier Islands about 2:30 p.m., according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. A 39-year-old woman was taken to Grady by Hall County Fire Services.

    The explosion happened as the boat was refueling at the gas docks at the Port of Indecision, DNR spokesman Mark McKinnon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The boat was fully ablaze when first responders arrived at the scene.

    Another dock caught fire after a Jet Ski drifted over to it from the burning boat, McKinnon said.

    Three other people were injured during the incident in addition to the three people who were taken to the hospital.

    Crews managed to put out the fire, and the cause of the incident remains under investigation.

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