May 9 (UPI) -- Multiple injuries were reported Saturday in what rescuers called a "mass casualty" event involving a possible boat explosion at a popular Miami sandbar.
First responders to the scene of a possible boat explosion at around 12:45 p.m. "found multiple patients with various injuries, some burned, some minor injuries," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Juan Arias told reporters.
"All patients were treated and transported to local hospitals," he said, adding that the incident was designated as a "level 2 mass casualty incident, which gives us the sufficient amount of units on scene to go ahead and deal with the number of patients that we had."
Arias said the injuries were from burns and that some victims suffered "traumatic" injuries.
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