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Eight dead in US boat dock fire: fire chief
MIAMI, Jan 27, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Eight people were killed in a late night
fire that swept through docked boats on a lake in the southern US state of
Alabama, the local fire chief said Monday.
“At this point, I can confirm eight fatalities,” said Gene Necklaus, the
fire chief of Scottsboro, Alabama, a small town on the banks of Guntersville
Lake where the blaze broke out.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 2432 hrs