Indian Coast Guard rescues nine injured fishermen off Andhra Coast in southern India

Indian Coast Guard Ship Veera, which was on a patrol off the Andhra coast, saved nine fishermen who had suffered extreme burn accidents after their boat caught hearth and sunk at sea on April 5.

“The ICGS Veera had obtained a radio message from a close-by fishing boat about raging hearth onboard the Indian fishing boat (IFB) Durga Bhavani on the location round 65 nautical miles from Visakhapatnam harbour,” learn a press release issued by the Indian authorities.

IFB Durga Bhavani, an Andhra registered boat, had sailed from Kakinada harbour with nine crew on 26 March 24.

The boat had a hearth incident on April 5, ensuing in an explosion of a Gas cylinder onboard. All nine fishermen jumped into the water to flee however some suffered extreme burn accidents in the method. The fishing boat, broken resulting from an explosion, sank on the location inside a couple of minutes.

The info concerning hearth and explosion was relayed to Coast Guard ship by a close-by boat, who proceeded to choose up the survivors.

Sensing the urgency of the state of affairs, ICGS Veera proceeded at high pace, reaching the situation inside a couple of hours to offer help to the survivors. All nine survivors had been shifted to ICG ship the place they had been supplied first support by a medical workforce.

Meanwhile, Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 6 in coordination with JD Fisheries Visakhapatnam promptly organized ambulances together with medical groups to evacuate critically injured crew of IFB. All the injured fishermen had been shifted to King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam for additional therapy. Due to the swift response by the ICG ship, your complete rescue mission was accomplished inside a brief span of six hours.

Indian Coast Guard is the lead company for offering help to fishermen at sea in addition to the nationwide coordinating company for Search and Rescue at Sea.