Others also reported minor injuries but declined to be transported by first responders. Author: Christopher Buchanan Updated: 2:11 PM EDT May 10, 2021
HALL COUNTY, Ga. Authorities are reporting multiple injuries after a boat explosion on Lake Lanier Sunday afternoon.
According to Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Mark McKinnon, game wardens responded around 2:45 p.m. to the Margaritaville gas dock regarding reports that a vessel exploded during fueling.
McKinnon said three people were seriously injured and two of them had to be airlifted. All three were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Division Chief Zachary Bracket with Hall County Fire Services said the airlifted victims were a 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy. The third victim was a 39-year-old woman. He said that three others refused to be taken to the hospital.
6 injured, 3 hospitalized after boat explosion on Lake Lanier
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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Video shows massive boat fire at Lake Lanier
The fire injured a total of 6 people at a fueling dock at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands on Sunday afternoon.
HALL COUNTY, Ga. - Three people, including two teens, were sent to the hospital after a boat exploded on Lake Lanier Sunday afternoon. Lot of black smoke said Annette Ross, who watched the scene unfold from another boat across the lake. The back half of the boat was completely engulfed in flames.
Hall County fire officials said a 13-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital’s burn unit. Medics also rushed a 39-year-old woman to Grady.
Woman, 2 teens, hurt in boat explosion on lake
LANIER ISLANDS, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) A woman and two teenagers were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta on Sunday after they were injured when a boat exploded at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands and caused a dock fire at the lakeside attraction.
Hall County Fire Services Division Chief Zachary Brackett said a boat exploded at about 2:30 p.m. at the gas docks located at Margaritaville’s Port of Indecision on Lake Lanier. Several people were injured by the incident.
“Arriving units found a boat fully involved, an associated dock fire due to a jet ski that drifted away from the fire area and six patients to evaluate,” Brackett said.
Others also reported minor injuries but declined to be transported by first responders. Author: Christopher Buchanan Updated: 2:11 PM EDT May 10, 2021
HALL COUNTY, Ga. Authorities are reporting multiple injuries after a boat explosion on Lake Lanier Sunday afternoon.
According to Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Mark McKinnon, game wardens responded around 2:45 p.m. to the Margaritaville gas dock regarding reports that a vessel exploded during fueling.
McKinnon said three people were seriously injured and two of them had to be airlifted. All three were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital. Division Chief Zachary Bracket with Hall County Fire Services said the airlifted victims were a 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy. The third victim was a 39-year-old woman. He said that three others refused to be taken to the hospital.
Multiple people hurt in boat explosion on Lake Lanier
May 9, 2021 GMT
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) Multiple people were hurt, some seriously, when a boat exploded Sunday on Lake Lanier, authorities said.
Game wardens responded around 2:45 p.m. to the Margaritaville gas dock after getting reports that a boat exploded while fueling up, Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Mark McKinnon told WXIA-TV.
A 16-year-old girl and a 13-year-old boy were airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, while a 39-year-old woman was taken to Grady by ambulance, Hall County Fire Services Division Chief Zachary Bracket told the television station. He said three other people refused to be taken to a hospital.