Four bodies have been recovered and more than two dozen passengers remained unaccounted for after a 75-foot commercial diving boat caught fire early Monday off the coast of Santa Cruz Island in Southern California, the US Coast Guard said
Earlier, officials said 34 passengers were missing. Though Ventura County spokesman Bill Nash confirmed there were multiple fatalities aboard the boat, dubbed the Conception, he said he did not have the exact number of casualties. LIVE UPDATESGood Samaritans were able to save five crew members, who were awake in the main cabin and jumped off of the boat, Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester said.
— VCFD PIO September 2, 2019 "The report that we got is that they were trapped by the fire," Bemis said."The fire was so intense that even after it was put out, we're not able to actually embark the vessel and look for survivors at this point. It's still ongoing."A mayday call revealed one side of the harrowing discussion between a Coast Guard dispatcher and the Conception's captain.
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