#boat-fire

#boat-fire

At 10 a.m. on Sunday, a blaze erupted on a boat off Key Biscayne, prompting urgent response from the U.S. Coast Guard and local authorities.

Joshua Brito, the captain of a 35-foot boat, was arrested for drunken driving after the boat burst into flames, injuring 23 passengers.

FDNY Assistant Chief Mike Meyers detailed the challenging rescue efforts, emphasizing the complexities involved in transferring patients from the water and coordinating emergency services on land.

"Hopefully, they'll pull through," Meyer said. "The other 19 people were able to swim to shore, onto Hart Island, where... we’re able to get them to be evaluated."

Responding to incidents on the water is very difficult. We have to get those patients from the water or from boats onto the land and coordinate the land units and EMS units as to where...