Video shows the boater floating in a life raft near the burning vessel in 2- to 4-foot seas and 14-knot winds.
AirSta Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a boater from a vessel fire approximately 100 miles west of Clearwater, on Sunday.
A helicopter crew rescued a boater on Sunday after their fishing vessel caught fire about 100 miles off the coast, forcing them to escape into a life raft.
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued a boater Sunday, December 14, 2025, after a ...
A fisherman was rescued Sunday after a fire engulfed his commercial fishing vessel about 100 miles west of Clearwater, Fla.