Multiple rescued from pontoon boat near Alcatraz as search continues for missing persons

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.

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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 ...