Samantha Hernandez

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

Four Illinois men were rescued after becoming stranded on the ice on Green Bay near the town of Gardner late Sunday afternoon.

The U.S. Coast Guard received the call at about 4:12 p.m., said Door County Sheriff Deputy Sgt. Robert Sitte.

Originally, the authorities were told the men were stranded off of Chaudior’s Dock in the town of Union, but the men were located further away, Sitte said. The men were found about 250 yards west of the dead end of Johannes Road in the town of Gardner. The men were later identified as Nikolai Soltis, Anatoliy Yerkimetev, Aleksander Kedys and Vadim Davidouk.

The ice fishermen, who were on foot with equipment sleds, told rescuers they saw ice breaking up in the morning, he said. When the men headed back to land they found the ice had opened up, creating an eight-foot gap of open water.

During the call rescuers spotted two additional people in ice fishing shacks, he said. He does not believe those people needed to be rescued.

The Sheriff’s Department, Brussels-Union-Gardner and the Sturgeon Bay fire departments, and the Coast Guard responded to the call.

There were no injuries and all parties were off the ice by 5:41 p.m., Sitte said.