At least 8 die, 44 missing in boat fire
From Times Wire Reports
A boat carrying Haitian migrants caught fire off the coast of the Dominican Republic, leaving at least eight passengers dead and 44 missing, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman said.
The boat was traveling from the northern Haitian town of Cap-Haitien to the Turks and Caicos islands when it caught fire about 25 miles north of the Dominican Republic, spokesman Petty Officer Barry Bena said. Two migrants were pulled from the water Wednesday and taken to a hospital in Montecristi.
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