<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Five people and a dog have been rescued after boat began sinking off the coast of Townsville in North Queensland.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 45-year-old woman, a 28-year-old woman, a 50-year-old man, a 41-year-old man and a blue heeler puppy called Sooky were found on a sinking inflatable boat 30 nautical miles off the coast of Cape Bowling Green about 6.30am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were rescued by Queensland Government Air (QGAir) Rescue 521 after they set off a beacon.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/beenleigh-brisbane-logan-queensland-shooting-death-arrest/5aa066db-5311-47be-9a3c-ef941812180f"><strong><span>Man charged as police continue to investigate fatal shooting in Logan, Queensland</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Their boat was a seven-metre inflatable boat used to service a 120-foot yacht, but the yacht was not within swimming distance of the boat.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigations into the cause of the incident are ongoing.</span></div></div>