Qld: Seven injured in boat explosion

AAP General News (Australia)
12-26-2006
Qld: Seven injured in boat explosion

BRISBANE, Dec 26 AAP - Seven people, including four children, have been taken to hospital
after a petrol explosion aboard a boat near Noosa, on south-east Queensland's Sunshine
Coast.

A spokeswoman for Queensland Ambulance Service said the incident happened aboard a
pleasure cruiser in Noosa Sound around 3.30pm (AEST).

A two-year-old boy suffered severe burns and has been airlifted to Brisbane along with
a woman, who suffered severe airway burns, the spokeswoman said.

Both were in a serious condition.

Three more children were taken to Noosa Hospital with minor burns and were reported
in a stable condition, and two more adults were taken to Nambour Hospital and were also
stable.

Water police were still at the scene and the boat was still afloat but further details
of the accident were not yet available.

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