Boat on fire at entrance to Wellington harbour

A fire on a small boat in Wellington harbour's entrance has been extinguished.
The blaze began on board a pleasure boat just off Baring Head about 2.40pm, and was put out by a police maritime unit about an hour later, a police central communications spokesman said.The sole crew member was evacuated safely.Emergency services are fighting a fire aboard on that small boat.The blaze began on a pleasure boat, police central communications Inspector Ian Harris told NZPA.