OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) - Six people aboard a boat that caught fire off the New Jersey shore have been rescued by the Coast Guard.
The agency says someone aboard the 41-foot pleasure craft called them to report the fire around 4:45 p.m. Sunday. The boat was in the area of Great Egg Harbor Inlet near Ocean City.
The coast guard sent a 29-foot response boat to the scene, and crew members safely removed all six people a short time later. They were taken to a marina in Ocean City, but their names have not been released.
No injuries were reported.
A boat-towing service extinguished the fire and pulled the boat back to shore.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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