The U.S. Coast Guard says that the human-caused fire was possibly started by flares from a stranded boater, who was rescued ...

A stranded family was rescued on an island off Cape Cod after their boat caught fire, forcing them to swim to land, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The family was overdue from a trip they set off on on ...

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a 67-year-old man over the weekend from Santa Rosa Island off California’s coast after he became ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three men stranded on a Pacific island were rescued after creating a "HELP" sign with palm leaves. A survival expert said lighting ...

On Tuesday, new details emerged about the circumstances before a 67-year-old mariner was rescued and a vegetation fire ...

Investigators are looking into whether an SOS flare from a shipwrecked mariner started the Santa Rosa Island Fire off California's coast.

A "HELP" sign made from palm tree leaves saved three sailors stranded on a tiny Pacific atoll for more than a week, after the U.S. Coast Guard spotted it from the sky, NBC News reports. The three men ...