Hi gang, Rick here again providing Bayliner Boats and news from the boating industry. Interesting article about three rescued from burning boat. Chief Superintendent of Police for the Northern Bahamas, Basil Rahming said the three were residents of Miami, Florida.
Mr. Rahming said Robbie Smith, a local boat captain, contacted the dock master at the Bimini Big Game Resort Cat Cay around 11:30am Saturday, and informed him that he had just rescued three Cuban-American men from aboard a burning 26-foot Bayliner boat, about two miles south of Cat Cay.
Mr. Smith also reportedly told the dock master that he was en route to North Bimini with the three men – Justo Bitan, 35-years-old, Hernando Camera, 30-years-old and Jorge Martinez, 46-years-old – who were all suffering from first-degree burns about their bodies.
Mr. Rahming said local police officers met Mr. Smith’s vessel at the government dock in North Bimini, and took the three men to the local clinic, where they were treated and later discharged.
Mr. Bitan – the captain – told police that they were en route to Cat Cay from Miami around 9:00am on Saturday, when there was a loud explosion. Next, he said, the engine room of the vessel went up in flames.
According to police reports, this all happened about 10 miles southwest of the cay.
Mr. Bitan is reported to have said that Mr. Smith rescued him and his shipmates and brought them safely into North Bimini shortly after the explosion.
The vessel was completely destroyed by that fire, according to Supt. Rahming.
The incident is currently under investigation.
Mr. Rahming also reported the discovery of a significant amount of ammunition on Bimini over the weekend.
He said around 7:00pm Saturday, a South Bimini resident handed over 50 live rounds of .357 ammunition, 12 12-gauge shotgun cartridges and 1 gun lock to officers at the Airport Police Station, which he stated that he found while salvaging a vessel off South Bimini.
The 38-foot vessel had run aground and was wrecked off South Bimini sometime during the night of Friday 7 March.
Officers thanked the resident for his diligence and have begun an investigation into the matter, according to Mr. Rahming. Thanks to Juan McCartney, The Bahama Journal for this.
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