Boat explodes and catches fire near marina by dam, Pittsburgh PA
Fire & ArsonA boat exploded and caught fire near the Hummer Lock and Dam marina. Emergency responders are on the scene searching for witnesses. The boat operator was taken to a hospital burn unit. No information about criminal intent is available.
Audio|Source: North Police Ch. 1
03:13
Transcript:
00:00
The railway in an air unit could go to Fox Chapel and see if they could make contact with any passengers that were on this boat explosion and fire.
00:10
That's how are you an address?
00:11
Unfortunately, the information is sketchy at the moment.
00:15
All we know is that people got taken to Fox Chapel, one person that got taken to West Penn.
00:20
We're just looking for any witnesses and or persons that were on the boat.
00:24
Why did this happen?
00:25
50 minutes video
00:27
We're going to try to get there, we're on scene right now.
00:30
We're probably going to be delayed by about 20 minutes.
00:32
But if they could talk to the Doc Master and see if there's anybody talking about the incident.
00:37
Okay.
00:38
We have a better location.
00:39
I'm assuming the Marine on, we didn't get any calls on this.
00:41
They healed up at the marina, but the boat exploded and caught fire and burned to the water line.
00:48
It's on the plumb side of the main channel up here by the locking dam.
00:55
Copy 3330 going to exposed in the area.
00:57
To, to the best of our knowledge, rescue people, personnel on scene told us that everybody got the witnesses and passengers went to Fox Chapel and the operator was transported to West Penn to burn unit.
01:11
By an ambulance?
01:13
We don't know.
01:14
I say information is sketchy.
01:16
I have Blanox fire on scene and other rescue personnel, but I believe they have most of them came from the complexized.
01:23
3.330 County, can you try to get hold of fire to see where they're at?
01:26
Yeah, they're all on the river right now by the Hummer locking dam.
01:31
All right, you want to notify Harbor then?
01:33
Bashersovia, I think Hummer Police is on scene with a fishing boat right now.
01:37
Okay, the scene's secure, we're just like there, we're just trying to get witnesses before they scatter, so if anybody is close to Foxchap, all they can see if there's anybody down and knows anything to be great.
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Location mentioned:
Near Butler St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
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