Overview
- Provincetown police and fire crews responded to MacMillan Pier around 6 p.m. Thursday after a report of an unresponsive person aboard a boat.
- Officers found a second person unresponsive on the vessel, and both were extricated and taken to Cape Cod Hospital.
- In total, eight people were transported to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation following carbon monoxide exposure.
- Several first responders were also evaluated for potential carbon monoxide exposure during the rescue.
- Ambulances from Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham assisted under the mass-casualty designation, with officials noting recent storm-related power issues and ongoing safety warnings from the harbormaster; the incident remains under investigation.