{"id":332874,"date":"2026-08-29T22:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332874\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T22:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:12:53","slug":"boat-explosion-off-city-island-that-injured-3-captured-on-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332874\/","title":{"rendered":"Boat explosion off City Island that injured 3 captured on camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

A boat exploded off the coast of City Island<\/a> in the Bronx Saturday afternoon, bursting into flames that injured three passengers and caused a thick black plume of smoke, officials said.<\/p>\n

The 30-foot vessel ignited <\/a>in the Long Island Sound around 1:40 p.m., an FDNY spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Three people <\/a>were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

FDNY members are seen with a boat that allegedly exploded at 691 Bridge Street in City Island, Bronx, on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. Brigitte Stelzer<\/p>\n

A boat caught fire near 691 Bridge Street in City Island on Saturday. TOMAS E. GASTON<\/p>\n

Three people were taken to area hospitals after a boat exploded on City Island Saturday, authorities said. Sara Beer\/X<\/p>\n

The 30-foot craft was docked at City Island when the explosion occurred, authorities said. Sara Beer\/X<\/p>\n

The cause of the explosion wasn\u2019t immediately clear, cops said.<\/p>\n

Dramatic video captured flames ripping through the craft and a thick plume of black smoke extending into the sky above.<\/p>\n

Twenty-one units with 79 firefighters responded <\/a>to the incident, the FDNY said.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A boat exploded off the coast of City Island in the Bronx Saturday afternoon, bursting into flames that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[18565,128,3531,24866,57,9,24,63,103,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-332874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-boats","tag-bronx","tag-explosions","tag-long-island-sound","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}