Firefighters rescued two people aboard a boat on fire in the water near Channel Drive in Santa Barbara County Monday.

​The Montecito Fire Department received a report of a boat that caught fire about half a mile offshore at Butterfly Beach at around 12:36 p.m. on Nov. 9 and launched a rescue mission.

​A dramatic video of the incident shared by the department shows heavy black smoke rising from the isolated boat against the clear blue sea.

The Santa Barbara City Fire Department, Harbor Patrol, and Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District crews responded alongside Montecito Fire, the department said.

​Two uninjured people were rescued from the boat by members of the Harbor Patrol, according to the authorities.

​“Both people were uninjured and came aboard the Harbor Patrol boat,” the fire department said.

Authorities said that Santa Barbara City Firefighters aboard one of the Harbor Patrol boats quickly extinguished the fire.

​Earlier this year in July, a burning boat sank off Alcatraz Island and left a person dead. A dog also died during the incident.

The vessel, carrying 20 people, was roughly 600 yards off Alcatraz between the infamous island and the Golden Gate Bridge when it started sinking beneath the frigid waters of the bay.

Those on board were reportedly family members holding a memorial service.

The US Coast Guard had initially classified it as a “vessel fire” and said 19 people were aboard when the emergency unfolded. But the San Francisco Fire Department later said at a news conference that crews found no evidence a fire had occurred.

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