25 Bodies Found After California Boat Fire: Coast Guard

25 Bodies Found After California Boat Fire: Coast Guard
A dive boat is engulfed in flames after a deadly fire broke out aboard the commercial scuba diving vessel off the Southern California Coast on Sept. 2, 2019. Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP
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A middle-of-the-night fire swept a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California coast early on Sept. 2, leaving at least 25 dead and nine others missing.

Five of six crew members on the Conception escaped by jumping into an inflatable boat they steered to a nearby vessel.