Witnesses say a boat exploded near the Haulover Sandbar after the captain allegedly started the engine without opening the hatches, injuring 11 people.

Several people were hurt after a possible boat explosion Saturday near the Haulover Sandbar in Miami, Florida, according to Miami-Dade fire officials.

“Wy wife has burns over 50% of her body, on her stomach, and both legs, and right arm,” he said. “I am thinking car accident, last thing on my mind is a boat blew up. One of my wife’s friends doesn’t know how to swim, so she helped her to shore.” That friend, 62-year-old Ruth Gutierrez, has since been discharged from the hospital.

TWO small boat migrants including a 16-year-old girl have been found dead on a beach after the vessel’s engine exploded while trying to cross the Channel. Emergency service workers made the