One person died and two women remained missing Tuesday evening after a pontoon boat carrying 19 people capsized and sank in San Francisco Bay between Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge, authorities said.
Sixteen people survived. Divers, helicopters and 11 vessels from public agencies and private operators continued searching the Bay for the missing passengers.
Initial reports described a possible fire aboard the boat. The U.S. Coast Guard said it was responding to a vessel fire, and the captain of a fishing boat that joined the rescue said he saw what appeared to be flames. San Francisco fire officials later said responders found no evidence of a fire…