Coast Guard, good Samaritan boater rescues 6 persons and one dog in Lake Tahoe
CARNELIAN BAY, Calif. – The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan boater rescued six persons and a dog from Lake Tahoe near Carnelian Bay, Sunday.
The good Samaritan boater rescued four persons and the dog, while a Coast Guard crew aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small from Station Lake Tahoe rescued two persons.
The owner of the boat called the Coast Guard directly via cell phone at 1:45 p.m., before jumping overboard and losing phone connection.
Tahoe-Douglas Fire responded to the boat fire, pushed the boat ashore and extinguished the fire on shore.
No injuries nor pollution were reported.
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