6 injured when boat explodes, burns on Arkansas boat ramp

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) – Officials say six people were injured when a boat
exploded and burned on a boat ramp along an Arkansas lake.

The explosion occurred about 1 p.m. Saturday on a boat ramp along Lake
Catherine near Hot Springs.

Doug Davey of the Lake Hamilton Fire Department says three people were
transported by a helicopter for medical treatment and three others were taken by
ambulances. They were not identified and the extent of their injuries was not
immediately available.

Davey says the cause of the explosion was not immediately known. He says some
gasoline was released into the lake but that firefighters used booms to remove
it and there should be no lasting effects.

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