The two occupants of a boat that caught fire off the coast of Montecito Monday afternoon were not injured, according to the Montecito Fire Department.
Emergency crews responded at around 12:36 p.m. for a report of a boat on fire about half a mile off Butterfly Beach, according to district spokesperson Christina Atchison.
The Santa Barbara City Fire Department, Harbor Patrol, and Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District crews responded alongside Montecito Fire, according to Atchison.
She said two people were transferred from the burning boat onto Harbor Patrol boats.
Santa Barbara City firefighters boarded the boat and “quickly extinguished the fire,” she said.
“Thanks for our partners for the quick and coordinated response to this incident,” she added.
Additional information was not immediately available.
Video footage of the incident can be seen here.
