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34 people killed in California boat fire per Fox News
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:01 am
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:01 am
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At least 34 people have been killed after a boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island, California, early Monday morning, fire officials have confirmed.
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Fox affiliate KTTV confirmed the fatalities. 5 people were rescued.
The U.S. Coast Guard said earlier it was coordinating a large rescue effort Monday in response
KKFX-TV reported that Coast Guard Los Angeles responded to reports of a fully engulfed boat fire off Santa Cruz Island.
This post was edited on 9/2/19 at 8:04 am
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Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:03 am to ForeverLSU02
Damn
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:03 am to ForeverLSU02
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Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:04 am to ForeverLSU02
Not to be a dick, but nobody thought to jump overboard?
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:05 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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Not to be a dick, but nobody thought to jump overboard?
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:09 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
Maybe most of them did and drowned. Curious what kind of boat this was, a bunch of tourists or party goers, or was it a boat filled with migrants.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:11 am to OleWar
Yeah seems strange to have a boat with that many people out that time of the day.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:12 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
I doubt it was an open boat. They were probably overwhelmed by smoke and unable to find their way to an exit.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:14 am to notiger1997
Yeah, you rarely see the term “boat” used to describe a vessel carrying 30+ people.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:15 am to notiger1997
Santa Cruz Island is part of the Channel Islands NP. I thought most of the charter boats were day trips in ferries.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:18 am to ForeverLSU02
Now Fox News saying that there are reported fatalities, but the exact number remains unclear
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:26 am to ForeverLSU02
75’ passenger vessel.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:29 am to ForeverLSU02
Don't the great white's hang out around those islands. Tough call, eaten by shark or die in a fire.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:36 am to Pectus
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So you don't like the term boat, which is already very general...so you pick an even more general term?
Let's just use 'craft'.
No...not general enough.
Buoyant object.
It's a noun.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:53 am to ForeverLSU02
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Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr Matthew Kroll told Fox News the 34 people were unaccounted for from a commercial diving ship
Posted on 9/2/19 at 8:55 am to notiger1997
quote:They we’re partying obviously
Yeah seems strange to have a boat with that many people out that time of the day.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 9:01 am to VernonPLSUfan
Water is likely in the mid 60s, survivable for a while with a flotation device, but without one a good swimmer might last two hours, poor to mediocre swimmers might drown instantly because of the shock.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 9:04 am to OleWar
I believe I heard that the fire was out and they were pulling the buoyant noun off of rocks. It would seem that folks could have made it onto the rocks?
Idk, overnight, drinking (?), Confusion, panic... Fire
Who knows.. Sad.
Idk, overnight, drinking (?), Confusion, panic... Fire
Who knows.. Sad.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 9:19 am to VernonPLSUfan
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Don't the great white's hang out around those islands. Tough call, eaten by shark or die in a fire.
My first thought as well
Posted on 9/2/19 at 9:23 am to ForeverLSU02
People were sleeping below deck as the fire started around 3am above deck ... galley area ?? It was a 3-day scuba diving charter aboard The Conception with unlimited day and night dives, off the Channel Islands, specially San Miguel Island.
Appears they never had a chance based on the circumstances; likely dying of smoke inhalation - I can’t even imagine.
Boat details and specs
Appears they never had a chance based on the circumstances; likely dying of smoke inhalation - I can’t even imagine.
Boat details and specs
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