Lifeboat volunteers rescue two people in the sea off Rossall Point in Fleetwood

When they arrived Blackpool and Fleetwood RNLI teams discovered a fishing boat had sunk leaving the people in the water.

Tweeting today RNLI volunteers said: “Our @RNLI volunteers were called out at 12.40pm to two people in the sea at Rossall Point.

“Our Atlantic 85 lifeboat and @FleetwoodRNLI launched and on arrival found that a small fishing boat had sunk leaving the occupants in the water they were taken to safety by Fleetwood lifeboat.”