Coast Guard rescues man whose sailboat caught fire off Virginia coast

Brian Reese

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man whose sailboat caught fire off the Virginia coast on Thursday night.

The Coast Guard says it happened around midnight about 60 miles east of Chincoteague.

The 58-year-old mariner was found in a lifeboat and taken to a Norfolk hospital for treatment.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man whose sailboat caught fire off the Virginia coast on May 23, 2024 (Coast Guard images)
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man whose sailboat caught fire off the Virginia coast on May 23, 2024 (Coast Guard images)

There’s no word on the cause of the boat fire at this time.

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