Last week, two boats in Fort Lauderdale went up in flames.

Friday, six boats were charred at a Sunny Isles Beach dock.

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So, you’ve got to be wondering: Do Florida boaters have no clue how to operate a vessel or is this just a random twist of fate?

As it turns out, boats going up in flames is not uncommon in a state that is saturated with boats, statistics show. While the number of boat fires are trending higher in Fort Lauderdale — the site of another explosion in December, killing a boater who was fueling up at Lauderdale Marina — statewide, they’ve actually decreased over the past five years, according to vessel accidents’ data compiled by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

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