WATCH: Indian Coast Guard rescues 7 crew after boat catches fire off Gujarat coast

Name: WATCH: Indian Coast Guard rescues 7 crew after boat catches fire off Gujarat coast
Uploaded: 2023-01-16T22:48:27+05:30
Description: PRO Defence Gujarat shared pictures of the rescue operation and said that five missing crew members and two persons who got injured were rescued 50 km off Porbandar coast. The Crew had abandoned the boat after it caught fire, it further said.

PRO Defence Gujarat shared pictures of the rescue operation and said that five missing crew members and two persons who got injured were rescued 50 km off Porbandar coast. The Crew had abandoned the boat after it caught fire, it further said.

Priya Pareek

Updated Jan 16, 2023, 22:48 IST

Porbandar: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued seven crew members of a fishing boat after it caught fire in the Arabian Sea off the Gujarat coast on Monday.

The ICG Maritime Rescue Sub Centre (MRSC) at Porbandar received a distress alert around 9:45 am regarding a fire on board ‘Jay Bhole’ 50 kilometres off the coast, the ICG said in a release.

Interceptor Class Ships C-161 and C-156 were immediately diverted and an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) launched from the ICG Air Station in Porbandar to carry out a rescue operation, the release added.

"Upon reaching the site at around 10:20 am, the ICG teams found the crew had abandoned the boat after failing to douse the fire. Out of the seven crew on board, two were rescued by a dinghy boat operating nearby and five others were missing. Thereafter, in an arduous sea-air coordinated effort of approximately two hours, all five missing crew were found and airlifted by the ICG helicopter,” it said.

All five crew were brought to Porbandar at 1 pm. One of the two persons was found to be seriously injured and was sent for medical treatmemt.

"The injured crew was taken onboard ICG ship C-161. After preliminary medical treatment at sea by ICG team, the crew was brought to Porbandar for further treatment,” it said.

The ICG has saved more than 60 lives at sea off Gujarat in the last eight months, the release said.

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