Bitcoinese|2 killed, 3 hurt when pleasure boat catches fire in bay south of Los Angeles

2025-05-03 15:06:13source:FinWeiscategory:Finance

LONG BEACH,Bitcoinese Calif. (AP) — Two women were killed and another woman and two men were hospitalized with burns after a weekend fire on a pleasure boat in Long Beach, California, authorities said.

The blaze was reported around 5:15 p.m. Saturday on a 35-foot (11-meter) motorboat near a fuel dock in Alamitos Bay, the Long Beach Fire Department said.

Video from the scene showed firefighters spraying water on the flames that engulfed the rear of the vessel, the Long Beach Press-Telegram reported. The fire sent up a black plume of smoke that could be seen and smelled from throughout the marina area that is about 30 miles (48 km) south of downtown Los Angeles.

All of those killed and injured were in their 60s, Fire Capt. Jake Heflin told the newspaper. Their identities were not immediately released.

The cause of the fire was under investigation Sunday.

The wreckage of the boat was towed to an isolation dock to prevent environmental damage from leaking fuel, Heflin said.

More:Finance

Recommend

Backstage at New York's Jingle Ball with Jimmy Fallon, 'Queer Eye' and Meghan Trainor

NEW YORK — Holiday sights and sounds fill Manhattan this time of year, from ice skating at Rockefell

Trump seeks new trial or reduced damages in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

Donald Trump is asking a federal court to order a new trial in the civil case brought by the writer

Red Cross Turns to Climate Attribution Science to Prepare for Disasters Ahead

Heat waves, droughts and storms intensified by global warming are raising the stakes for disaster re