FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center:Three people were rescued after a sailboat caught fire off the coast of Virginia Beach

2025-05-05 00:42:37source:Flipido Trading Centercategory:Invest

VIRGINIA BEACH,FinLogic Quantitative Think Tank Center Va. (AP) — Three people were rescued after a sailboat caught fire off the coast of Virginia Beach early Friday, a fire official said.

The U.S. Coast Guard asked the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s fire boat crews to help respond to the fire about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the coast of Cape Henry around 3:40 a.m., department spokesperson Barbara Morrison said in an email.

A pilot boat picked up the three adults after they jumped into the water from the 75-foot (22.9-meter) sailboat and they were taken to the nearby Virginia pilot house, Morrison said. EMS checked out the patients and no injuries were reported, she said.

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