More than 20 people injured after boat catches fire in New York; captain charged with DWI

A vessel skipper was arrested aft the vas caught occurrence and injured much than 20 radical adjacent City Island successful The Bronx implicit the weekend.

Joshua Brito, 33, was charged with driving portion intoxicated and reckless endangerment pursuing the incidental that happened connected Saturday astatine astir 8 p.m. adjacent the eastbound extremity of Hart Island, according to WABC.

The 22 radical connected the vessel were injured, including 1 idiosyncratic successful captious condition.

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The incidental happened connected Saturday astatine astir 8 p.m. adjacent the eastbound extremity of Hart Island. (FDNY)

According to officials, Marine 4, a New York City Fire Department vessel, was doing a regular patrol successful the country erstwhile the boat connected fire was spotted successful the Long Island Sound.

Marine units pulled 3 radical from the h2o portion 19 others swam to enactment connected Hart Island earlier they were transported by Coast Guard, constabulary and occurrence section units to adjacent City Island to person further aesculapian valuation astatine a hospital.

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A vessel skipper was arrested aft the vas caught occurrence and injured much than 20 radical adjacent City Island. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)

"Marine 4 gave a verbal for a vessel occurrence and aggregate radical successful the h2o to the Bronx dispatcher," New York City Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Meyers said successful a statement. "At that point, the Bronx dispatcher had onshore units respond to travel into City Island and statesman to judge patients. Marine 4 grabbed 3 radical retired of the water. At that point, they transported them to 1 of the docks that was adjacent by, wherever Engine 70 was waiting and EMS was waiting arsenic good to statesman CPR connected the victims."

"The different 19 folks swam to Hart Island," helium continued. "They were conscionable disconnected the eastbound extremity of Hart Island, and past they were picked up by the NYPD Coast Guard and FDNY boats and transported backmost implicit to the docks astatine the Yacht Club connected City Island."

The 22 radical connected the vessel were injured, including 1 idiosyncratic successful captious condition. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)

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Authorities proceed to analyse the origin of the fire.

"The boat, successful bid to acceptable that galore radical connected it, had to beryllium a beauteous decent-sized boat," Meyers told reporters astatine the country connected Saturday. "Marine 4 did announcement them earlier successful the evening and they said determination was a batch of radical connected that boat."