{"id":265506,"date":"2026-05-10T08:10:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265506\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T08:10:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T08:10:43","slug":"several-hospitalized-after-possible-boat-explosion-in-miami-mdfr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265506\/","title":{"rendered":"Several hospitalized after possible boat explosion in Miami: MDFR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d0eda7df-vlcsnap-2026-05-09-19h11m05s007.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">MIAMI, Fla. &#8211; 11 people have been hospitalized after a possible boat explosion at Haulover Sandbar in Miami Beach on Saturday, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to officials, crews responded to reports of a possible explosion around 12:50 p.m. west of Haulover Beach Marina.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Upon arrival, crews found multiple people injured. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said at least 11 people were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Due to the large number of victims, the incident was upgraded to a level 2 mass causality incident.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Around 25 units responded to the scene, including Fireboat 21, Ocean Rescue units, partner agencies, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the United States Coast Guard.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778400643_437_vlcsnap-2026-05-09-17h15m11s930.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Battalion Chief Juan Arias gave an update on a possible boat explosion. Courtesy: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;Injuries were from burn injuries to some traumatic injuries as well,&#8221; said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Juan Arias.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue wanted to remind the community to prioritize safety while out on the water. Ensure a working fire extinguisher and all required safety equipment are on the vessel and perform safety checks before each departure.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">It is unclear what caused the reported boat explosion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/vlcsnap-2026-05-09-19h10m55s397.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">This is an ongoing investigation; officials will bring updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written using information from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article MIAMI, Fla. &#8211; 11 people have been hospitalized after a possible boat explosion at Haulover Sandbar in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[47,123,125,124,115,628],"class_list":["post-265506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-fl","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265506","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=265506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}