WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. (AP) - One person is safe after the Coast Guard responded to a massive boat fire off Whidbey Island, Washington.
KOMO-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2hnjfCi ) that the boat was about nine miles off shore, west of Point Partridge on Thursday night.
A thick plume of black smoke could be seen for several miles.
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The Coast Guard says one person who was on the boat made it safely away from the fire in a dinghy.
That person was picked up by a passing boat and taken to John Wayne Marina in Sequim.
No word yet if the boater had any injuries or what caused the fire.
The Coast Guard set up a safety zone around the burning boat.
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Information from: KOMO-TV, https://www.komotv.com/
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