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The three
unidentified girls were airlifted to a hospital in Washington
D.C. with burns after the incident in Calvert County, the
Maryland Natural Resources Police said on Twitter.
The Washington Post reported that the three girls, ages 3, 8 and
9, were on a 20-foot Wellcraft recreational boat with their
parents when it caught fire and exploded after launching on Mill
Creek at 11:30 a.m. local time.
All five family members were able to make it back to shore, the
newspaper reported. It is unclear whether the adults were
injured.
The children were flown to Children's National Medical Center,
where the 3-year-old was in critical condition, the 8-year-old
was being observed and the 9-year-old was being treated for
burns, according to the newspaper.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
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