Personnel from the Saco Fire Department, the Coast Guard and the Maine Marine Patrol responded to a boat fire off Wood Island near the mouth of the Saco River on Tuesday morning.

The fire department received the call around 7:40 a.m.

Saco Fire Department personnel attempt to extinguish the boat fire Tuesday morning. Photo courtesy of Trina Lyn fishing charters

By the time rescue and fire boats arrived, the owner of the burning boat, Timothy Lenz, 61, of Westport, had been rescued by another boater. Lenz was transferred to a Marine Patrol boat and taken to Camp Ellis for medical evaluation. He did not require treatment and was released.

The 31-foot motorboat eventually sank in about 100 feet of water.

The cause of the fire was not immediately available.