21 rescued from burning fishing boat off Gqeberha, South Africa

A local fishing vessel, identified by the name Leguga, arrived at the scene and launched her own liferaft to assist fishermen casualties who were in the water near the burning Silver Dorado. All 21 fishermen had abandoned the burning vessel into the sea.

At least another five fishing vessels that had intercepted the mayday distress call and subsequent relayed mayday distress calls arrived on the scene where the fishing vessel Leguga had at that stage managed to recover 12 fishermen from their liferaft and from the sea.

The fishing vessel Raka rescued four fishermen, the fishing vessel Maverick rescued four fishermen, and the fishing vessel Vulcan rescued one fisherman.

All 21 crew were brought to the NSRI rescue base at the Port of Port Elizabeth. They were all medically assessed by paramedics and were confirmed to be not injured and requiring no medical care.