BREAKING: The Coast Guard has suspended the search for survivors of the California boat fire; no one found alive among 34 missing.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — The Latest on the fire aboard a diving boat near a Southern California island that killed at least 25 people :Officials say there’s no indication anyone who was below decks escaped when fire erupted on a dive boat off Southern California.
Santa Barbara County Bill Brown said Tuesday that the bodies of 20 victims have been recovered and divers have seen between and four and six others in the sunken wreckage, which must be stabilized. Commander Jay Donovan of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that the divers from multiple law enforcement agencies are using their hands because of limited visibility and search in grids as they look for nine people who are still missing. Officials have confirmed that 25 people died.
Kristy Finstad has been identified by her brother Brett Harmeling of Houston as among those aboard the vessel Conception when it was engulfed in flames early Monday off Santa Cruz Island.Harmeling described his sister to the Los Angeles Times as extremely strong-willed and adventurous.Authorities say five crew members were rescued and 25 deaths have been confirmed so far, but no identities have been made public.
Thirty three passengers and six crew members were aboard the dive-boat Conception when it was engulfed by flames before dawn Monday.As of Monday night, authorities had confirmed the deaths of 25 people.Authorities are searching for the nine people who remain missing after a boat fire off the coast of southern California killed dozens who were left sleeping below decks with only one narrow stairway out.
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