UPDATE: No one found alive after dive boat catches fire; 34 dead
1 / 26Boat Fire CaliforniaOrlando Aldana, 42, of Santa Barbara, lights candles in honor of the victims at the growing memorial for those caught in the fire on the Conception boat, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through the boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early Monday, leaving multiple people dead and hope diminishing that any of the more than two dozen people still missing would be found alive.
The fire that engulfed the Conception killed all 33 passengers and one crew member who was below deck, Brown said. Investigators have not yet determined how the fire erupted. The boat had departed Santa Barbara Harbor on Saturday and the fire broke out about 3 a.m. Monday while it was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, about 90 miles west of Los Angeles. The crew appeared to quickly call for help.
"We launched that boat knowing that the vessel was on fire, lots of people aboard," he told The Associated Press. Hansen said two of the crew members went back toward the Conception looking for survivors but found no one. "When you see the boats they are always immaculate," he said."I wouldn't hesitate at all to go on one again. Of all the boat companies, that would be one of the ones I wouldn't think this would happen to."
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