Emergency crews rescued all 17 people aboard a vessel that caught fire between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. A boat carrying 17 people caught fire in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday. The boat carried 19 individuals in total. The US Coast Guard, local law enforcement, and the San Francisco Fire Department carried out a massive rescue effort.Emergency crews rescued all 17 people aboard a vessel that caught fire between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island. (Representational image) (Unsplash)The rescued passengers were transported to Gas House Cove Marina near the Marina Safeway. According to ABC 7, the incident occurred in the vicinity of Alcatraz Island and the Golden Gate Bridge, leaving at least one person dead and another unaccounted for.Also read: Two killed in fire at Brussels construction site, search on for missing peopleFire breaks out in busy stretch of San Francisco BayThe incident occurred in one of the busiest waterways along the Northern California coast. The location between the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz Island is frequented by ferries, recreational boats and sightseeing cruises throughout the year.Shirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times. She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues.