10 people rescued from boat in New Buffalo just before fire broke out

10 people are safe and on land after a boat they had been on started smoking and caught fire outside the New Buffalo Harbor.

Officials say the fire was located in the engine compartment. Those on board were transferred to a good samaritan boat and then taken to land before the boat was engulfed by flames.

The New Buffalo Fire Department and Michigan City Coastguard responded.

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The fire was put out using the Coast Guard's P6 Pump.