Heavy flames and a large plume of smoke could be seen coming from a boat on the water around 3:20 p.m.
CHICAGO -- Two people were rescued after an apparent boat explosion Tuesday afternoon on Lake Michigan near Waukegan .The U.S. Coast Guard said that around 2:45 p.m., they received a report of a 'personal watercraft explosion' off Waukegan . The Waukegan Fire Department said it learned that a boat was on fire near the power plant at the end of Greenwood Avenue.
A Good Samaritan rescued two people on the boat and were later taken to Vista East Medical Center in Waukegan. The fire department said they both had non-life-threatening injuries. The Coast Guard said by 10 minutes after that, the vessel had burned down to the water line.The boat was destroyed by the fire and was a total loss, the fire department said.
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