The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Fox Lake Fire Department responded to a report of a boat on fire on Fox Lake.

Shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday, July 12 numerous 911 callers reported a boat fully engulfed in the town of Fox Lake. Callers reported the occupants were able to jump from the boat and were picked up by other boaters. The boat was towed to shore by the fire department, where the fire was extinguished and the boat later removed from the lake by a tow company.

The boat had been purchased the previous day and was operated legally.

No injuries were reported.

An onboard fire extinguisher had been used in an attempt to extinguish the fire.