A New Jersey fire rescue boat was sunk in a “harrowing” freak accident involving a whale, sending the whole crew overboard and in need of rescue themselves while the vessel was returning from New York Harbor’s Fourth of July celebrations.

Four people, including two children, were taken to a hospital after a boat fire in Pasadena, according to the Anne Arundel Fire Department. County fire officials told WBAL-TV 11 News that firefighters were called around 11:55 a.

Two adults and two children were on a boating trip when the vessel went up in flames.

A large fire on a lobster boat in Tremont sent black smoke toward homes but caused no damage on Friday.

A morning fire on Canandaigua Lake destroyed two boats and heavily damaged a third Thursday, according to the Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department. Fire officials said crews were called to the lake around 5:04 a.