Five people escape boat engulfed in flames along Waterman Lake in Glocester

A small boat caught fire on Waterman Lake in Glocester Thursday night.

NBC 10 News arrived at the scene around 10 p.m., hearing reports that five people were on the boat when it caught fire.

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said the boaters safely got off the boat and made it to shore. No one was hurt.

A cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known.