An outing turned dangerous for several people whose vessel went up in flames on the Hudson River.
Following its sinking, it could be difficult to determine what initially caused the blaze, according to an official who spoke with NBC.
Video footage showed the burning vessel floating along the river as another boat came alongside it. Meanwhile, an NYPD boat circled around from the other side.deeper into the water and eventually disappeared beneath the surface: “But most of the fire was underneath in the sleeping quarters of the boat which makes that difficult to extinguish because if you’ve ever seen a boat, there’s little portholes,” Jay Hodge of the North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue told NBC.
“As soon as we know everybody’s off the boat it’s for our safety too, not to get on the boat. So it’s hard to get water into where… the seat of the fire,” he added.
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