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POSTED: 6:47 am EDT April 12, 2004 UPDATED: 10:52 am EDT April 12, 2004
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Two men were injured when their fishing boat exploded as it left the dock.
Richard Bastiani, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, was transferred to the burn unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and released Sunday, hospital officials said.
Harry Unger, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, was treated Sunday at the emergency room at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach and released.
The explosion happened just after 6 a.m. Sunday at the Alsdorf Park boat ramp on the Intracoastal Waterway. The impact threw both men to the deck of the boat before they scrambled to safety, Pompano Beach Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Sandra King said.
"Apparently, they were in a vapor cloud, and that's what caused the explosion," King said.
King said that before the explosion, the men stopped at a gas station to fill up the boat. One of the men apparently pumped the gas through one of the fishing-rod holders, sending the fuel throughout other parts of the boat instead of the fuel tank.
They put the boat in the water at the boat ramp and sparked the explosion when they started the engine. The explosion engulfed the 26-foot boat and destroyed it as well as damaging part of the nearby dock. It took firefighters 10 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
Submitted on 04/12/2004
Tony C.
<hr width=100% size=1>There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't.
POSTED: 6:47 am EDT April 12, 2004 UPDATED: 10:52 am EDT April 12, 2004
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Two men were injured when their fishing boat exploded as it left the dock.
Richard Bastiani, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, was transferred to the burn unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami and released Sunday, hospital officials said.
Harry Unger, 44, of Fort Lauderdale, was treated Sunday at the emergency room at North Broward Medical Center in Pompano Beach and released.
The explosion happened just after 6 a.m. Sunday at the Alsdorf Park boat ramp on the Intracoastal Waterway. The impact threw both men to the deck of the boat before they scrambled to safety, Pompano Beach Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Sandra King said.
"Apparently, they were in a vapor cloud, and that's what caused the explosion," King said.
King said that before the explosion, the men stopped at a gas station to fill up the boat. One of the men apparently pumped the gas through one of the fishing-rod holders, sending the fuel throughout other parts of the boat instead of the fuel tank.
They put the boat in the water at the boat ramp and sparked the explosion when they started the engine. The explosion engulfed the 26-foot boat and destroyed it as well as damaging part of the nearby dock. It took firefighters 10 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
Submitted on 04/12/2004
Tony C.
<hr width=100% size=1>There are 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don't.
