SANTA ROSA ISLAND, Calif. (KEYT) – Firefighters are responding to a fire on Santa Rosa Island and a local sport fishing captain shared that at least one person was airlifted from the island.
According to the Channel Islands National Park, fire crews are heading to the remote location on the oceanside of Santa Rosa Island near Ford Point.
Local sport fishing captain Jace Malone shared with Your News Channel that he spotted a fire on Santa Rosa Island while he and the New Hustler carrying a fishing group about two miles west of Ford Point.
Captain Malone navigated his ship closer to shore when he saw orange-colored smoke and spotted a man on the island as well as the mast of a partially sunken sailboat in the rocks off Santa Rosa Island.
He called the Coast Guard after the man fired a flare and a helicopter airlifted the stranded sailor from the island.
The sport fishing captain shared that they returned to their fishing after the Coast Guard had rescued the man.
This is an evolving emergency response and more information will be added to this article as it is received.
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