7 rescued in Southeast Alaska after fishing boat sinks

Updated: July 1, 2018 Published: June 30, 2018

An inflatable life raft sits in Thorne Bay after a Coast Guard Station Ketchikan Response Boat-Medium boat crew rescued seven people from a sinking vessel in Thorne Bay, Alaska, June 29, 2018. All seven people were reported to be in good condition at the time of the rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Ketchikan)

ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard rescued seven people from a lifeboat Friday morning in Southeast Alaska waters after their fishing boat ran aground and sank.

Coast Guard officials say the rescued people were in good condition when they were taken by a Coast Guard response boat crew to a pier in Thorne Bay.

Officials say a search was launched after an emergency positioning beacon went off and the master of the 58-foot Mystic Lady issued a mayday broadcast reporting the vessel struck a rock and was quickly sinking.

The Coast Guard says the vessel's occupants waited for rescuers on the inflatable raft in Thorne Bay after they abandoned ship.

Officials say there were no immediate reports of pollution. The boat carried 350 gallons of diesel and 25 gallons of lube oil.