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

A boat captain was arrested after the vessel caught fire and injured more than people near City Island in The Bronx over the weekend Joshua Brito was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment following the episode that happened on Saturday at around p m near the east end of Hart Island according to WABC The people on the boat were injured including one person in critical condition POWERFUL HOUSE EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN MISSOURI KILLS PERSON DOGAccording to officers Marine a New York City Fire Department vessel was doing a routine patrol in the area when the boat on fire was spotted in the Long Island Sound Marine units pulled three people from the water while others swam to shore on Hart Island before they were transported by Coast Guard police and fire department units to nearby City Island to receive further therapeutic evaluation at a hospital NYC SEWAGE BOAT EXPLOSION IN HUDSON RIVER KILLS CITY WORKER INJURES OTHERS Marine gave a verbal for a boat fire and multiple people in the water to the Bronx dispatcher New York City Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Meyers disclosed in a announcement At that point the Bronx dispatcher had land units respond to come into City Island and begin to accept patients Marine grabbed three people out of the water At that point they transported them to one of the docks that was close by where Engine was waiting and EMS was waiting as well to begin CPR on the casualties The other folks swam to Hart Island he continued They were just off the east end of Hart Island and then they were picked up by the NYPD Coast Guard and FDNY boats and transported back over to the docks at the Yacht Club on City Island Officials continue to investigate the cause of the fire The boat in order to fit that a large number of people on it had to be a pretty decent-sized boat Meyers described reporters at the scene on Saturday Marine did notice them earlier in the evening and they noted there was a lot of people on that boat