One person died and two others were reported missing after a three-deck pontoon boat carrying 19 people caught fire and capsized near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday (July 14), prompting a large search-and-rescue operation. San Francisco Fire Department Chief Dean Crispen said authorities received reports of a vessel on fire about 600 yards off Alcatraz. When police marine units arrived, they found the boat overturned and a severely injured victim. The person was transported to shore after CPR was initiated but was later pronounced dead.

Authorities say a person is missing and 17 others have been rescued after a fire on a pontoon boat off the coast of San Francisco. San Francisco Fire Lt.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters off San Francisco after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying

Firefighters and the U.S. Coast Guard are on the scene

Rescue crews continued searching Tuesday evening for two missing passengers using 11 boats, rescue divers, and helicopters.