{"id":265079,"date":"2026-05-09T20:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265079\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:04:14","slug":"15-hospitalized-after-possible-boat-explosion-reported-off-haulover-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265079\/","title":{"rendered":"15 hospitalized after possible \u2018boat explosion\u2019 reported off Haulover Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM<\/p>\n<p>lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpand<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SU2OOITIAGZJ7JYLUKDPOXTYXA.jpg\"  width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/>Miami-Dade Fire Rescue engine (WPLG) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Fifteen people were hospitalized Saturday afternoon after reports of a possible \u201cboat explosion\u201d near the Haulover Sandbar off Haulover Beach, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/09\/mdfr-atienden-a-multiples-personas-tras-posible-explosion-de-embarcacion-reportada-frente-a-haulover-beach\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/09\/mdfr-atienden-a-multiples-personas-tras-posible-explosion-de-embarcacion-reportada-frente-a-haulover-beach\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorites said at 12:48 p.m., more than 25 MDFR units, including Fireboat 21 and Ocean Rescue teams, along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, responded to the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Upon arrival, rescue crews said they found \u201cmultiple patients\u201d and quickly requested additional resources. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They said the incident was upgraded to a \u201cLevel 2 Mass Casualty Incident\u201d due to the number of people needing medical attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said all 15 individuals were transported to a nearby hospital. No additional details on their ages or conditions were immediately released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The cause of the reported explosion remains under investigation at this time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This is a developing story. Watch Local 10 News or refresh the page for the latest updates. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0May 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM lead-art-block.fullscreen-enterExpandMiami-Dade Fire Rescue engine (WPLG) MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Fifteen people were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-265079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}