Fire torches 45-foot vessel on San Francisco Bay; 2 boaters escape

A fire destroyed a boat on San Francisco Bay Monday and two boaters managed to escape unharmed.

The fire burned the 45-foot Lucid Dream near the Redwood City bay shore at around 1 p.m. The San Francisco Fire Department said one of its rescue boats was at the scene extinguishing the fire. The department cited the U.S Coast Guard as saying the two occupants abandoned the boat once it caught fire and were rescued by a good Samaritan vessel.

The owner of the Lucid Dream, Vicki Topp of Big Sur, told KPIX she and another person and a dog were rescued by the Coast Guard and Redwood City firefighters.

The cause of the fire was not immediately determined.