BROOKINGS, Ore. – Three people are being treated at a California hospital after their boat caught fire just off the coast of Brookings Tuesday night.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the three individuals were rescued from the water by a nearby Good Samaritan charter vessel approximately 50 miles off the coast.
The Coast Guard then transferred the survivors to a lifeboat and brought them to the Chetco River Coast Guard Station.
One person had to be airlifted but the USCG says all three ended up being taken to a hospital in San Francisco.
The incident is being investigated as a Serious Marine Accident.
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