Santa Barbara County authorities plan to formally interview crew members on Tuesday.
Monday because they were stationed on the deck rather than below it, officials said.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said Tuesday there is no indication that any of the people sleeping in the cabins were able to make it out of the fire onto a higher deck. All appear to have been trapped and are now feared dead. “There was a stairwell to get down the main entry way up and down and there was an escape hatch and it would appear as though both of those were blocked by fire,” he said.
As of Tuesday morning, the remains of 20 people who had been on the Conception had been found. Fourteen people are still missing.Brown said the crew members who survived were likely assigned to sleep on the deck. They were able to jump off the Conception when the fire hit. A cause for the blaze has not been established.As of Tuesday morning, the remains of 20 people — 11 female and 9 male — had been found. Fourteen people are still missing.
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