Sun Jun 1, 2014 12:23pm EDT
<span id="articleText"/>(Reuters) - As many as four people were missing and two others were rescued after a power boat capsized and sank in chilly waters near Chicago, the Coast Guard said on Sunday.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The boat capsized on Saturday evening en route to Chicago's Burnham Harbor from New Buffalo, Michigan, a Coast Guard official said. No radio call for help was received.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>A fishing boat noticed a person floating in the water about six miles (10 km) from the Chicago shore early on Sunday and contacted authorities.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>Rescue teams said the man, who was wearing a floatation device, was pulled from the water around 7 a.m., about 12 hours after the boat capsized.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>The rescued man told authorities his 30-foot (9-meter) power boat caught fire before it sank.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>Because the man was suffering from hypothermia and mostly unresponsive, it was unclear whether the vessel was carrying a total of four or six passengers, the Coast Guard said.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>Shortly after the man was rescued, crews pulled an unconscious woman from Lake Michigan, where water temperatures are 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.4 Celsius).
<span id="midArticle_6"/><span id="midArticle_7"/>(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Robin Pomeroy)
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<span id="articleText"/>(Reuters) - As many as four people were missing and two others were rescued after a power boat capsized and sank in chilly waters near Chicago, the Coast Guard said on Sunday.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The boat capsized on Saturday evening en route to Chicago's Burnham Harbor from New Buffalo, Michigan, a Coast Guard official said. No radio call for help was received.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>A fishing boat noticed a person floating in the water about six miles (10 km) from the Chicago shore early on Sunday and contacted authorities.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>Rescue teams said the man, who was wearing a floatation device, was pulled from the water around 7 a.m., about 12 hours after the boat capsized.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>The rescued man told authorities his 30-foot (9-meter) power boat caught fire before it sank.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>Because the man was suffering from hypothermia and mostly unresponsive, it was unclear whether the vessel was carrying a total of four or six passengers, the Coast Guard said.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>Shortly after the man was rescued, crews pulled an unconscious woman from Lake Michigan, where water temperatures are 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.4 Celsius).
<span id="midArticle_6"/><span id="midArticle_7"/>(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Jon Herskovitz and Robin Pomeroy)
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