GALVESTON COUNTY
One critically burned in Galveston boat explosion 
06:17 PM CDT on Sunday, May 28, 2006
GALVESTON, Texas -- One person was critically injured when a boat exploded in the Galveston Yacht Basin on Saturday, authorities said. Renea Carnes The boat shortly after the explosion. At least seven people were injured in the explosion, the Coast Guard said. The fire started after the 40-foot craft was refueled. It was reported shortly after 5 p.m., the Houston Chronicle reported. A preliminary investigation indicated "there may have been some fumes that built up below the deck," Coast Guard spokesman Gene Davis said. "The vessel continued to burn, rolled over on its starboard side, and the lower hull separated from the upper hull. Then, the vessel sank," Davis said. "The whole deck and everything above it went." Renea Carnes 
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