Boat explosion on Georgia lake injures at least 5 people, officials say

A boat explosion Friday evening on popular Lake Lanier in Georgia left at least five people injured, officials said.

Fire crews responded to reports of a boat explosion at about 7 p.m. ET to find a boat ablaze with 5-foot-high flames and five people injured at the scene, Hall County Fire Rescue said in a news release. 

Cell phone video showed black smoke and heavy flames billowing into the air from the boat, as boaters from several other nearby vessels looked on.