{"id":265757,"date":"2026-05-10T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265757\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:25:18","slug":"potential-boat-explosion-injures-at-least-11-people-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265757\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential boat explosion injures at least 11 people in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A possible boat explosion near Florida’s Haulover Sandbar injured at least 11 people Saturday.<\/p>\n

MIAMI \u2014 Nearly a dozen people were hurt\u00a0<\/a>by a suspected boat explosion Saturday near Miami, Florida, according to local rescue officials. \u00a0<\/p>\n

A charter boat was in Biscayne Bay when an explosion occurred on board, injuring the passengers, according to preliminary information provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.<\/p>\n

The incident happened near popular tourist attraction Haulover Sandbar around 12:30 p.m. ET, according to the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. At least 25 units responded to the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It’s still unclear what caused the injuries, but at least 15 people were taken to the hospital, NBC News<\/a> reported. The Associated Press reported 11 people were injured. The ages of those hurt are unknown at this time, but the Miami Herald<\/a> reported at least one child was hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Local outlet WPLG\u00a0<\/a>reported a boat captain suspected the explosion occurred because of a gas leak. He told the outlet it happened on startup and called it the “scariest moment” of his life.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The cause of the explosion is under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Haulover Sandbar, off the coast of North Miami, is a shallow boating area and tourist destination where many parties take place.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A possible boat explosion near Florida’s Haulover Sandbar injured at least 11 people Saturday. MIAMI \u2014 Nearly a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-265757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265757","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=265757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}