A boat caught fire in the Long Island Sound near the Bronx. Citizen app video showed the thick black smoke rising into the air. The fire forced over 20 people to jump into the water.

The rest swam to Hart Island, he said. FDNY Marine Units responded to reports of a boat fire near City Island in the Bronx. (X/FDNY) Marine 6 then arrived to extinguish the flames.

The boat with 22 people aboard caught fire off the east end of Hart Island, across a narrow stretch of water from City Island in the Bronx, around 8 p.m., Meyers said.

Twenty-two people were rescued after a boat burst into flames in the Bronx near Hart Island Saturday evening, FDNY sources and local Council member Kristy Marmorato’s office said.

A boat exploded near Hart Island in the Bronx Saturday night, injuring three and forcing 19 others to swim for their lives as flames engulfed the vessel, according to fire officials and law ...

CITY ISLAND, The Bronx (WABC) -- Nearly two dozen people were rescued after a boat burst into flames in the Bronx. It happened just after 8 p.m. Saturday near the east end of Hart Island as Marine ...

CITY ISLAND, Bronx (PIX11) – One man was arrested after a boat caught fire near the Hart Island Ferry Terminal Saturday night, according to the NYPD. 33-year-old Joshua Brito was accused of ...

A man was arrested and more than 20 people were rescued after a boat traveling near Hart Island in the Bronx caught fire Saturday night, seriously injuring one of them, local and federal officials ...

CITY ISLAND, The Bronx (WABC) -- The captain of a boat that caught fire and injured nearly two dozen people on Saturday night has been arrested after allegedly driving the vessel while intoxicated.