Coast Guard: 19 rescued after Taiwanese fishing boat burns
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard says 19 Taiwanese fishermen were rescued after their boat caught fire 900 miles southeast of Bermuda.
The Coast Guard said it received word about 2:50 a.m. Tuesday that the fishing vessel had caught fire. A cargo vessel that saw smoke on the horizon rescued 17 fishermen on board.
The vessel found the remaining two missing crewmen clinging to wreckage several hours later.
The Coast Guard says officials at the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, helped co-ordinate the launch of an Air Force rescue crew based in Georgia, which arrived Wednesday on the cargo vessel to provide medical treatment for two burned fishermen.
The Coast Guard says the fishermen are expected to arrive in Bermuda by Friday and the injured will receive further medical evaluations.
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