GALIANO ISLAND, B.C. – The coast guard says two people and a dog are safe after their boat caught fire in waters east of Vancouver Island.
The fire happened aboard a 15-metre pleasure boat in Active Pass, located of the southern Gulf Islands, where thick black smoke could be seen billowing from the vessel.
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Coast guard officer Darren Morely says the two boaters got into a dingy with their dog and paddled away from the burning boat.
Morely says several nearby vessels, including a whale watching boat, picked them up.
He says there were no reported injuries, but an RCMP boat took the pair to a nearby clinic as a precaution.
Morely said coast guard vessels remained at the scene to watch the boat burn.
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