Coast Guard rescues fishermen Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Indian Coast Guard on Sunday rescuing 11 fishermen from a Tamil Nadu fishing boat that caught fire 140 nautical miles off the Mangalore Port. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday rescued 11 fishermen from Tamil Nadu, including one with severe burns, from a fishing boat that caught fire after a cylinder blast 140 nautical miles from New Mangalore Port. According to a press release, the Coast Guard Centre in Mumbai received a distress call at 10 a.m. from a professor, Antony Rai, about the Tamil Nadu fishing boat named IFB AVKM (IND -TN-15-MM-5297) being engulfed in fire.