WEST BROWARD, FLA. (WSVN) - An airboat caught fire in the Florida Everglades in West Broward, injuring one person.
According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, the vessel suddenly ignited near Mile Marker 43 on Interstate 75, Saturday, creating a scary situation for the six people on board.
A passenger suffered minor burns on his arms. He is expected to be OK.
The video looks choppy, but it was taken from one of our airboats as a crew raced to save 6 trapped on a burning airboat in the Everglades. One suffered minor burns to the arms but the other 5 were not hurt. We responded with 2 airboats, 1 helicopter and multiple ground assets pic.twitter.com/GKxCDpWnfm
— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) January 20, 2019
Pictures taken by BSFR showed the charred airboat after crews put out the flames.
Officials said an equipment malfunction caused the fire.
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