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Boater in Maine Helps Rescue Man, Dog After Lobster Boat Explosion
HARPSWELL, MAINE, JUL 21 – Ray Hale rescued a man and his dog after a lobster boat exploded due to a suspected gas leak, with both survivors reported shaken but unharmed, officials said.
- A lobster boat exploded off Harpswell yesterday, and a boater helped rescue a man and his dog from the water.
- The explosion followed the man reporting that he smelled gas just before the blast, which caused him to be thrown off the boat.
- Ray Hale, who was traveling with his family nearby, heard a loud boom and saw thick black smoke, prompting him to help the man hold onto his boat.
- Hale recounted that just as the man was about to turn the engine off, it exploded and threw him from the boat, and authorities from Maine’s Marine Patrol along with the U.S. Coast Guard arrived to handle the situation.
- Authorities have not released the man’s name, and the Coast Guard is actively investigating the cause of the explosion while the rescued man and his dog appeared shaken but unharmed.
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