BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A boat fire started around 7:40 a.m. in Lake Erie, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, who responded and rescued two U.S. citizens were rescued by Good Samaritans.
The fire was in Canadian waters, about half a mile from the Canadian border, and two miles from the Coast Guard lighthouse station. Fort Erie Fire and the Buffalo Fire Department’s Edward M. Cotter fireboat also responded to the scene. The boat involved was 24 feet long and the fire remains active as of 8:35 a.m.
The boat appeared to have sunk by sometime before 9:30 a.m. The two people who were rescued were given medical evaluations at the Coast Guard station…