One person died and two remain missing after a three-deck pontoon boat capsized and sank near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay on Tuesday afternoon. The vessel, carrying 19 people, went down roughly 600 yards from the island around 3:30 p.m.
Thirteen passengers were brought safely to shore while three were hospitalized. A dog on board also died. The U.S. Coast Guard deployed 11 vessels and divers to search for the two missing boaters, and a family reunification center was established at Fort Mason.
Emergency responders initially treated the call as a boat fire, but San Francisco Fire Chief Dean Crispen said there was no evidence of a fire on the vessel. The pontoon boat had launched from the St Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco's Marina district, authorities said.