(La Porte, IN) - A search for a possible drowning victim in La Porte had a happy ending.

Nobody was ever in danger.

 

Firefighters from La Porte and Center Township responded to Pine Lake about 2 p.m. on Saturday after bystanders along the shoreline on Lakeside Street reported an empty boat in the middle of the lake.

 

La Porte Assistant Fire Chief Kelly Burke said there were also conflicting reports on whether anyone in the boat wound up in the water.

Burke said firefighters were searching from boats and with binoculars from the shoreline when the owner of the boat was found and reported the boat drifted out into the lake after coming loose from its dock.

“They went to the address where the boat came from and confirmed that no one was on it,” he said.

Burke said firefighters cleared the scene about 45 minutes after first receiving the call.