<span style="color: #222222;">In the US, eight people were killed in a late night fire yesterday that swept through docked boats on a lake in the southern state of Alabama. Gene Necklaus, the fire chief of Scottsboro, a small town on the banks of Guntersville Lake, confirmed eight fatalities. He said the death toll could rise after rescuers access sunken hulls.<br />''<br />''Thirty-five boats, houseboats and pontoon vessels burned in the fire. The Fire Department's statement said that recovery efforts could last several days. The cause of the fire is still unknown.</span><br />