Two rescued after fishing boat catches fire off Cape Lookout
Two people were rescued after their fishing boat caught fire Thursday morning off Cape Lookout.
Published: Jul. 16, 2020 at 2:52 PM EDT|Updated: Jul. 16, 2020 at 3:00 PM EDT
CAPE LOOKOUT, N.C. (WITN) - Two people were rescued after their fishing boat caught fire Thursday morning off Cape Lookout.
The Coast Guard says they received a mayday from the ‘Double G’, a 35-foot fishing boat.
It had a fire onboard and the boat was taking on water.
The two people got their life jackets on, took a satellite phone, and got into a life raft.
The USNS Patuxent was in the area and launched a helicopter to help with the rescue.
A boatcrew from Fort Macon rescued the two people from their life raft without any injuries.
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TowBoatUS says the boat sank in about 60 feet of water some seven miles south of the Beaufort Inlet.
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