US authorities are investigating the cause of an explosion aboard a boat that injured 11 people in Miami, southern Florida.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Juan Arias told reporters that emergency crews responded to reports of a "possible explosion on a boat" at Haulover Sandbar, a popular tourist spot.
Eleven people were taken to local hospitals to be treated for burns and traumatic injuries, Arias said.
Officials have not yet determined the cause of the explosion. The BBC has reached out to the Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue Department for further details.
"We saw three people flying off the boat," eyewitness and local boat rental owner Patrick Lee told the BBC's US partner CBS News, Gazeta Express reports.
“I just saw a lot of them with burns all over their bodies and I said it was a hot fire,” Lee added. “It’s fast, but it’s high-octane gasoline, so a lot of it burned and it was an explosion.”
Videos from the scene appear to show a helicopter landing near the Miami Marina with emergency crews carrying at least one injured person on a stretcher.
Fire and rescue teams joined the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservancy in responding to the incident.
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