One person is dead and two others are missing after a pontoon boat capsized near Alcatraz Island.

A total of 19 people were aboard the pontoon boat when it caught fire and capsized.

16 people were rescued, according to authorities.

Rescue efforts are still underway for the two missing passengers.

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Fox News reported:

One person is dead, two people remain missing and 16 others were rescued Tuesday after a pontoon boat capsized near Alcatraz Island off the coast of San Francisco, authorities said.

San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispin said during a news conference that 19 people were aboard the vessel. Thirteen survivors made it safely to shore, while three others were transported to a hospital.

One of the people pulled from the water received CPR and was later pronounced dead, Crispin said.

Crispin described the vessel as a three-deck pontoon boat that was roughly 600 yards from Alcatraz Island when the boat capsized.

Crispin said the San Francisco Fire Department initially responded to a report of a vessel fire around 3:35 p.m., but crews instead found a capsized boat. He later said there was no evidence of a fire.

Authorities, including the U.S. Coast Guard, have 11 vessels, divers and helicopters searching for the two missing people, Crispin said.

“It’s a very active scene,” he said, adding that the search would likely continue into the evening.

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