A boat carrying a group of people who were reportedly harassing a family for having LGBTQ+ pride flags spontaneously blew up over the weekend in Washington state, BuzzFeed News reported.
Video of the incident, which took place onย Moses Lake, went viral on TikTok and Twitter after users shared it to the social media platforms.
These people harassed my family because we were flying gay pride flags in Moses Lake Washington, by racing around us and shouting gay slurs. Then, their boat literally blew up! #KarmaIsReal pic.twitter.com/cN7L74pHS6
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The Grant County Sheriffโs Office told BuzzFeed that the boat fire began Sunday around 7:45 p.m. local time. Authorities extinguished theย fire once they arrived on the scene and towed the remains of the boat back to shore.