MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A good Samaritan came to a woman’s rescue after a boat caught fire near Marathon.

Pictures released Friday afternoon showed the vessel engulfed by flames in Boot Key Harbor.

Investigators said a generator started leaking gas and caught fire on Thursday.

A woman aboard the 36-foot sailboat jumped overboard.

She was picked up by a good Samaritan and taken to the hospital with minor burns.

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