Three people were rescued by a good Samaritan Friday after their boat caught fire offshore California, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Francisco received a distress call shortly before noon on Friday from a good Samaritan vessel that reported seeing smoke coming from a 32-foot vessel approximately five miles west of Stinson Beach, and a person on board waving their arms.
The Coast Guard launched a motor lifeboat crew from Station Golden Gate and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station San Francisco…