HAULOVER BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Crews responded to a sailboat on fire near the Haulover Inlet, about six miles off the South Florida coast, Thursday.

The captain was the only one on board the 41-foot vessel, which was heading towards Virginia at the time.

A crew from another boat pulled the captain from the water.

Fire crews were able to put out the fire.

The damaged sailboat will be towed back to a marina in Miami.

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