Four rescued from Lake Simcoe after boat catches fire

Four people were rescued from Lake Simcoe after the boat they were on was destroyed by fire.

Firefighters and police worked together to extinguish a blaze that destroyed a boat in the water off Oro Beach.

Firefighters from Oro-Medonte, Rama, and Orillia, along with the OPP, Barrie Police, and York Regional Police, were called out to the scene just before 3 p.m., Oct. 11.

The four on board were rescued by a passing boater, according to a Tweet by the OPP.

According to a Tweet from York Regional Police, the operators were cruising across Lake Simcoe when an electrical issue turned into an uncontrollable fire.

There were no injuries.