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One person has gone missing Sunday afternoon after a casino boat caught fire near the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, while 50 passengers were on board.
According to WTSP, police responded to the scene at around 4:00 P.M., after it was reported that the San Cruz caught fire. Medics were on the site to help treat those who were brought to shore.
The New Port Richey Police Department eventually released a video of the fire on social media. Police arrived on the scene around 4:17 P.M.
According to WTSP, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission had also responded to the scene.
UPDATE: According to social media, all people on the boat have been accounted for.
As this story is developing, more information will be updated as made available.
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Investigators still on scene of the Sun Cruz Casino Shuttle Boat fire in Port Richey All passengers made it on shore where EMS treated them.
Posted by FOX 13 News – Tampa Bay on Sunday, January 14, 2018
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Posted by Rob Barnard Schultz on Sunday, January 14, 2018
BOAT FIRE | Video shows a casino shuttle boat that caught fire in Port Richey with 50 people on board. What we know >> http://bit.ly/2D37UkyVideo via New Port Richey Police Department
Posted by ABC Action News – WFTS – Tampa Bay on Sunday, January 14, 2018
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— New Port Richey PD (@NPRPD) January 14, 2018
NPRPD officers are assisting Port Richey Police with a large vessel fire. Scene is still developing. pic.twitter.com/DSRDubTYHD
— New Port Richey PD (@NPRPD) January 14, 2018
UPDATE | All passengers aboard casino boat that caught fire now accounted for https://t.co/TVM4Q00BJ7
— Samantha Mitchell (@sammitchh101) January 14, 2018
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NEW VIDEO: Several dozen people rescued from chilly Gulf waters after Casino boat shuttle catches fire wrapped in blankets, loaded onto bus. Authorities say all accounted for. @10NewsWTSPpic.twitter.com/5RHdakCLLw
— Josh Sidorowicz (@joshsidorowicz) January 15, 2018
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| Private (Owned by Ocean Casino Cruises) | |
| Industry | Transportation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
Area served | Florida, Myrtle Beach, SC |
| Robert Weisberg, Chairman & CEO | |
| Products | Cruises |
Number of employees | 1,000 |
| Website | http://www.suncruzcasino.com |
SunCruz Casinos was one of many cruise lines that offered 'cruises to nowhere,' legally transporting passengers into international waters beyond the reach of federal and state gambling laws.
Four ships operated out of four ports including Jacksonville (SunCruz VII), Key Largo (SunCruz I), Myrtle Beach (SunCruz VIII), and Port Canaveral (SunCruz XII).[1]
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On December 16, 2009, SunCruz Casinos was reported to be closing amid reports of owing $300,000 to the Canaveral Port Authority.[2] Parent company Ocean Casino Cruises filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy December 28.[3]
At the time of the filing of bankruptcy, there were about 300 full-time and part-time employees.[4]
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History[edit]
In 1994 Gus Boulis, already a multi-millionaire by founding the Miami Subs sandwich shop franchise, bought a number of luxury yachts. He remodeled the yachts as casinos, and began to operate his 'cruises to nowhere,' sailing three miles from the Florida coast into what was then considered international waters.[5] There, out on the sea, passengers would gamble on poker, blackjack and slot machines. Boulis called his fleet of 11 ships the SunCruz Casino line. By the time he sold the company in 2000, SunCruz Casinos was earning tens of millions of dollars in annual profits, and employed over 2,000 people.
In September 2007, SunCruz discontinued operation at Palm Beach.[6] Service was subsequently discontinued at Daytona and Treasure Island.
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In the 2000s, lobbyists such as Jack Abramoff became involved illegally with the sale of the line. Boulis was murdered in 2001.
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- ^'SunCruz website'. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^NBC News
- ^http://www.cfnews13.com/Business/LocalBusinessHeadlines/2009/12/29/suncruzs_parent_company_files_for_bankruptcy.html
- ^Price, Wayne T. (11 January 2010). 'SunCruz offers apologies'. Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida: Florida Today. pp. 14A.
- ^New York Times retrieved June 8, 2008
- ^'Port of Palm Beach statement'. Retrieved 15 January 2018.