At least four of the eight people killed in Monday morning's boat dock fire in northeastern Alabama were children ranging in age from 7 to 16, a coroner said Tuesday.
The other four who died at Jackson County Park Marina at Guntersville Lake are presumed to be adults, county Coroner John Jordan said. The victims' names have not been released, and dental records are being used to identify the remains, he said.The fire, starting not long after midnight, tore through numerous boats that were docked at the lake. Some of the boats were occupied, and the flames forced several people to jump into the water to escape.
" The fire's location -- on a covered dock that extended well out into the lake -- made it difficult for firefighters to access, Necklaus told reporters a day earlier.The dock collapsed. Some boats sank at the dock and some floated away before sinking, Necklaus said."Those boats burn at such a fast rate, and in that environment with the wood structure and the full roof, that fire spread so quick, so much quicker than you can imagine," Necklaus told HLN on Tuesday.
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