of natural resources made several rescues from the vessel at multiple points. 20 of the 24 people onboard have been rescued at this time. as smoke and flames began to appear, our crews along with the glenn county heavy rescue team assessed that the situation was too risky to further go inside the vessel to attempt to locate the four individuals who remain missing at this time. we are working with the coast guard salvage engineering and response team, the surveyor and the company to stabilize the vessel. once salvage professionals have determined the vessel to be stable, we will identify the best option to continue our rescue efforts for the four crew members who remain onboard. i have met with commander norm whit, captain of the port of
crew members were safely rescued from the burning chip but the coast guard says they cannot get to the other four people because of smoke and fire. it was too risky to be on board this cap sized vessel. the coast guard now waiting for salvage professionals to determine when it safe to go back on the large cargo ship again to continue rescue efforts. the 656 foot vehicle carrier completely on its side around 2:00 a.m. coast guard watch were noticed that the large cargo ship overturned and caught on fire. it was leaving the port of brunswick which is a deepwater port in jones georgia, 65 miles south of savannah. ntsb is investigating trying to figure out what could have possibly caused the fire. the fire that was observed this morning was coming off the starboard side that look to be about the area of the cargo and it was black smoke. since then the flames have gone out and the black smoke has ceased but we are unable to determine specifically without going inside whether the fire has