Nine of the 34 people killed when they were trapped below deck on a dive ship th...
FILE PHOTO: A woman places flowers at a makeshift memorial near Truth Aquatics as the search continues for those missing in a pre-dawn fire that sank a commercial diving boat near Santa Barbara, California, U.S., September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
So far, 33 of the badly charred bodies have been recovered, with a search ongoing for the final missing body, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told a news conference. The 75-foot Conception caught fire at about 3:15 a.m. on Monday while anchored off Santa Cruz Island, killing 33 passengers and a crew member in one of California’s worst maritime disasters. The passengers had signed up for a three-day scuba diving trip aboard the boat, and were sleeping below deck along with a crew member when the fire broke out.
Authorities released the names of those nine victims, who ranged in age from 26 to 62, and were residents of California or Tennessee.
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