back by the inferno. >> it keeps being extinguished and reflashing, possibly due to the amount of fuel onboard. unsure why. >> reporter: five crew members escaped. >> the crew was actually already awake and on the bridge and they jumped off. five people were evacuated aboard a good samaritan pleasure craft. known as the great escape. >> reporter: one brought ashore on a stretcher, rushed to the hospital. one limping, an injured ankle. two shoeless and shocked. 34 others were below decks. four bodies have been found. 30 more still unaccounted for. we're told there are numerous fatalities. listen to the dispatcher on that mayday call, asking questions. >> roger, are they locked inside the boat? rorn roger, can you get back onboard and unlock the doors so they can get off? >> reporter: we cannot hear the answers and the coast guard says the boat was in compliance. bears repeating, 30 still missing. >> we are combing the shoreline.