Eight people were rescued from Lake Michigan after “multiple” boats capsized Thursday evening in Evanston, officials said.
No injuries were reported, and no one was transported to a hospital, according to the Evanston Fire Department.
Officials responded about 5 p.m. to the area of Clark Street Beach and the Dempster Street boat launch for calls of boats that had overturned “following a sudden change in weather and lake conditions,” the Fire Department said.
Five capsized boats were located in the water, officials said.
Chicago fire officials were asked about 5:40 p.m. to assist with rescuing several people in the water, but they did not make any rescues, according to department spokesman Larry Langford.
The incident occurred as a cold front entered the Chicagoland area, bringing wind gusts up to 30 mph along the lakefront, the National Weather Service said.
