5 injured when boat catches fire on Long Island

Friday, August 26, 2022
BABYLON, Long Island (WABC) -- Five people were injured when a boat caught fire off Suffolk County.

It happened just before 5 p.m. Friday near Sumpwams Avenue in Babylon. The wreckage was towed back to shore, but most of the vessel sunk.
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There were six people on the boat at the time of the fire. One of the injured was airlifted to Stony Brook for serious injuries -- the rest suffered minor injuries.



There is no word yet on how the fire started.

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