Crews from the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut, Forward Operating Base Point Mugu, Station Los Angeles-Long Beach and other local agencies respond to a boat fire in San Pedro Channel near San Pedro, California, Jan. 23, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard, lifeguards and LA County Fire units responded to a sailboat engulfed in flames in the vicinity of the San Pedro Channel, Tuesday afternoon.
At approximately 11 a.m., a good Samaritan reported a boat on fire with a person aboard, located approximately seven miles northwest of the Isthmus of Catalina Island and 11 miles southwest of Point Fermin in San Pedro, to the Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach Command Center.
The Coast Guard dispatched crews aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Forward Operating Base Mugu, the Coast Guard Cutter Halibut (WPB-87340) and a Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium to respond to the boat fire.
The person aboard the vessel abandoned the sailboat into a small skiff until authorities arrived on scene and transferred the man to the Halibut.
The fire was extinguished by crews from Baywatch Isthmus, Avalon and Redondo.
