By Associated Press - Sunday, August 9, 2020

PORTLAND (AP) - Two people have been injured in an explosion aboard a boat on the Columbia River along the Washington-Oregon border.

KOIN-TV reports a Vancouver fire boat responded to reports of the explosion shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday. Emergency crews extinguished the blaze on the 19-foot ski boat and burning fuel that was on the water.

The two victims suffered burns and other injuries that were not considered life threatening.



The cause was under investigation.

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