Ocean City, Md. — Six people were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard after their boat caught fire approximately 3 miles south of Ocean City, Thursday.
The Coast Guard Maryland-National Capital Region command center received a radio call from the owner of the 54-foot cruiser yacht, No Filter, that a fire had broken out on board and all six were abandoning ship.
Several boaters in the area also contacted the command center to notify them that the boat had become engulfed in flames.
Crew members from the fishing vessel Smugglers Point arrived on scene first after overhearing the radio call and safely recovered all six individuals.
Station Ocean City crew members arrived on scene shortly after, safely took the five individuals aboard and transported them back to the station.
No injuries were reported.
