6 injured from boat explosion at Lake Lanier Islands

By CNN Newsource

Published May 10, 2021 8:38 AM

HALL COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Hall County Fire Services responded to a reported boat explosion at the gas docks at Lanier Islands around 2:30 Sunday afternoon.

Fire officials arrived to find the boat engulfed in flames, an associated dock fire from a jet ski that drifted away from the fire area and six people with injuries.

A 16-year-old girl, a 13-year-old boy, and 39-year-old woman were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.

The other three people denied ambulance transport to the hospital.

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