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Eight dead in US boat dock fire: fire chief

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Eight people were killed in a late night fire that swept through docked boats on a lake in the southern US state of Alabama, the local fire chief said on Monday.

"At this point, I can confirm eight fatalities," said Gene Necklaus, the fire chief of Scottsboro, Alabama, a small town on the banks of Guntersville Lake where the blaze broke out.

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First Published: Jan 28 2020 | 12:05 AM IST

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