The captain of the vessel informed the US Coast Guard that its vessel caught fire and explode on board. The 47-foot motor life boat from U.S. Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach and a 25-foot boat from Coast Guard Station Oak Island rushed to help the fishing vessel and rescued the captain. BM1 Ed Martin of Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach informed that the captain of the Beau Vin attempted to extinguish the fire but was forced to abandon ship into a life raft with a 406 MHz EPIRB (emergency position indication radio beacon).
As per the information the Coast Guard launched boat crews to the location received from the EPIRB, approximately 20 nautical miles from Masonboro Inlet, and issued an urgent marine information broadcast to alert other mariners. It is told that the Coast Guard has picked the captain of the Beau Vin by another vessel, the Sea Swirl. After that he was picked up by the boat crew from Oak Island and transported to Station Wrightsville Beach, where he was treated for minor burns on his hands.
According to Martin the captain of the vessel required no further medical assistance and was released to his wife. The Coat Guard has sent a C130 search plane was attempting to locate the abandoned vessel.
