Teen, man injured after boat catches fire near Courtice

Video shows a boat engulfed in flames in the middle of Lake Ontario near Courtice, Ontario. Two people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

A teenage boy and a man were injured after a boat caught fire and was destroyed in Durham Region on Sunday afternoon, say police.

Durham Regional Police Service said they received a call shortly after 3 p.m. for reports of a boat on fire near the south end of Courtice Road, which is approximately 60 kilometres east of Toronto.

They said that a male in his teens was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

“An adult male who was also on the boat however suffered minor injuries,” they said.