1 missing and 17 rescued after a boat fire near Alcatraz Island off San Francisco
Crews rescued 17 people and searched with 11 vessels after the three-deck pontoon boat capsized, officials said.
- On Tuesday afternoon, a fire broke out on a "ponton pleasure boat" about 600 yards from Alcatraz Island, where The San Francisco Fire Department reported 17 people rescued and one remains missing.
- Mariano Elias confirmed the vessel subsequently sank, with The Coast Guard and The Oakland Fire Department assisting SFFD in coordinated rescue efforts.
- Rescuers transported all those recovered from the water to Gashouse Cove Marina for evaluation; Elias noted that authorities provided CPR to one individual.
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One person died and three others were dispersed after the shipwreck of a boat with 20 people on board, which took place on July 14, 550 meters from the island of Alcatraz, in the bay of San Francisco. Sixteen people were rescued, three of whom were hospitalized in stable conditions. On board there was a group composed mainly of family members gathered for a commemoration. The first reports spoke of a fire, but the firemen did not find traces of …
In the bay of San Francisco near the former prison island of Alcatraz a boat caught fire and sunk. 16 people could be saved, a passenger died, of two people no trace so far.
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