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FORT MYERS (CBSMiami) — U.S. Coast Guard crews saved a 70-year old man after a sailboat explosion in Back Bay overnight.
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At some point, the sailboat had come free from its mooring and caught another sailboat on fire behind a Fort Myers restaurant called Salty Sam’s.
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Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Cravens, a crew member aboard a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Florida, responds to a sailboat explosion in Back Bay, Florida, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Kerry Doris)
When crews arrived, they rescued the 70-year old man who had minor burns. He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment while crews worked to put out the blaze.
They were able to put out the fire on both sailboats.
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