A Carver motor cruiser of twelve meters in length injured fifteen while it engulfed in flames and later exploded while fueling at Spring Brook Marina, Seneca, Illinois River, seventy miles to the South of Chicago at about 16:20 hours of Saturday 28 May. Fourteen of the persons injured where onboard the boat which had seventeen passengers, while another injured person was a marina employee. One of the persons suffered grievous injuries and was air lifted to a local hospital. Before the fire and explosion the boat was reporting as having engine problems and returned to the marina to refuel.
The boat in this fire is a Carver 405 Aft Cabin as produced from 1997 to 1998 and renamed as 406 with minor differences from 1999 to 2002. The Carver 405 Aft Cabin was a redevelopment of the previous 370 Aft Cabin with integrated bathing platform and updated styling.
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