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| California dive boat fire update |
| 2019-09-03 |
| SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters) - Eight people were confirmed dead from a predawn fire that sank a boat off a Southern California island and 26 others who were on the scuba diving vessel were missing, a local sheriff said. The fire broke out aboard the Conception, a 75-foot (23-meter) boat, at about 3:15 a.m. while it was moored just off the shore of Santa Cruz Island, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement. Passengers slept in the ship’s lower quarters, officials said, while five crew members who were above deck on the bridge escaped. The Coast Guard searched the coastline of Santa Cruz Island for any other possible survivors but had not found anyone, officials said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 No, Herb. The crew were probably captains, dive masters or volunteer divers on the boat helping air up tanks, or cook for the scuba divers asleep below. |
| Posted by: Texhooey 2019-09-03 23:53 |
| #4 My guess, crew were illegal aliens who went over the side without a thought for the passengers. Third World deplorables never think about others, it's not something they're raised with. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-09-03 14:03 |
| #3 ...hey, its California, displays of toxic masculinity are outlawed. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-09-03 09:43 |
| #2 I thought I read somewhere that some or most of the crew went overboard and survived. If true, nice of them to look after the passengers. Again, if true... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-09-03 08:45 |
| #1 Ugh. Hopefully they were dead from smoke inhalation before they burned. |
| Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442 2019-09-03 08:20 |