Exclusive | Heart-stopping details of 90s supermodels husband who escaped from exploding boat off California coast

The husband of iconic ’90s supermodel Kathy Ireland was forced to abandon his burning fishing boat and jump into the Pacific Ocean before being rescued off the coast of Santa Barbara.Greg Olsen, captain of The 4th Watch, scrambled into a kayak after the vessel’s engine burst into flames roughly 3 miles offshore from El Capitan State Beach in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday afternoon.Olsen was flying solo aboard the vessel, which Ireland has proudly referred to as her ship, serving as her husband’s first mate.Trouble struck around 3:30 p.m.Tuesday when the boat became disabled and called for a commercial tow, according to the US Coast Guard.But things quickly went from bad to worse when flames erupted, forcing Olsen to abandon ship and jump overboard.He managed to scramble into a kayak before a good Samaritan swooped in and pulled him to safety.Olsen was subsequently transferred to a Santa Barbara City Harbor Patrol boat but did not suffer any injuries.Ireland confirmed the scary incident in an Instagram comment on Olsen’s post mourning his boat, named 4th Watch.“My heart is both heavy and full.

Heavy because I know the love, sweat and life you poured into this vessel.This vessel brought so much joy and so many blessings to our family and countless others,” she commented.“I’m so thankful to all who rushed to pray and come to your rescue.

I’m so thankful God gifted you with a brilliant mind to navigate this disaster so seamlessly.I’m eternally thankful to Him for loving and rescuing you.

Though the vessel is no more, the 4th Watch is forever.”“I loved her.This is how she deserves to be remembered.

I’m so so sad,” Olsen said of the boat.Emergency personnel from multiple agencies responded to the blaze off the Gaviota Coast, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office photographed the scene.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Olsen is a physician who spent about four de...