US Coast Guard, New Buffalo firefighters battle boat fire on Lake Michigan

Photo courtesy of Facebook/ U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan

Photo courtesy of Facebook/ U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan

Photo courtesy of Facebook/ U.S. Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan

NEW BUFFALO, Mich.— The U.S. Coast Guard's Station Michigan City along with the New Buffalo Fire Department on Tuesday battled a boat fire on Lake Michigan.

Crews extinguished the boat fire outside of the harbor in New Buffalo, according to a post to the Coast Guard’s Facebook page.

All occupants on board the boat were evacuated and suffered no injuries, the Coast Guard said.

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