One crew member contacted another boat, the Miss Peaches, whose crew relayed the call to the Coast Guard. A rescue helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City, a rescue boat from Coast Guard Station Manasquan and the Coast Guard Cutter Elm, based in Atlantic Beach, N.C., were sent to the scene.
Meanwhile, crew members aboard another boat, the A.L. Milliken, pulled the three crew members to safety. The Cutter Elm crew extinguished the fire, but the Captain O J Riggs Broke apart and sank.
The incident is under investigation.
