able to bail. and would they have been sleeping up above? i mean, this call came in around 3:00, 3:30 in the morning. i don t know if i know they have night dives, but i m sure they re up early cooking breakfast, for a morning dive. what would have been happening? well, first of all asleep? first of all, there s always going to be at least one or two crew people who have to be awake throughout the night. the way the boat it structured, if you could picture i ll be the graphic here. if you could mention a main level here let s show him. i want to show you, too. there we go. i ll wait until i m back up here. basically it s three decks. here we go. show us. main deck, plane demain deck. below deck is the bunk areas where the divers would be. above the main deck would be the wheelhouse, and that s going to be the area where the crew is going to be sleeping. so it makes perfect sense that the crew people are able to jump off the boat because they re on
no fire extinguishers or anything? now we cannot hear the answers to those questions. and we have asked the boat s owner for comment. we ve not heard back. the coast guard here earlier did say that this boat was in compliance. what we know is that mayday call about 3:30 this morning, 39 people on board. now the five crew were apparently awake already getting ready for the day. they managed to jump from the deck and were rescued by a nearby pleasure boat. 34 people trapped, we believe, below decks as this fire raged. and you know, when the firefighters eventually got there, remember this is 20 miles or more off the mainland coast. when the firefighters got there, they said they managed to extinguish the flames. but the fire just reignited. they re not sure why. they think maybe because there was so much fuel on board. but as you mentioned, five crew were rescued. now we saw some of them come ashore. one was on a stretcher, was taken to the hospital. another had a bandage around his ankl
he runs a great operation. this is truth aquatics. they have three different boats. very well respected in california and around the u.s., worldwide really. and it s important just to give you some perspective. i ve been diving in california for 38 years now. i have never heard of a boat fire, you know, of this sorts. this is phenomenally unusual. i think it s also important to understand that when the coast guard questions confused me a little bit because when that guy is making the mayday call, he s making that from the wheelhouse, which is so you have the main deck here, the wheelhouse is above it. he is likely on fire while he is making the call or surrounded by fire. i m not sure why they re saying can you get back on the boat, can you unlock or anything like that. no. that s the thing, we don t hear the response. these are just the questions coming from dispatch. and we ll be clear in saying that. absolutely. you mentioned the various points of the boat. we know the cre