8 Confirmed Dead and Grave Fears Held for 26 More After Diving Boat Erupts in Flames Off Calif. Coast
Photo: Ventura County Fire Department/ Twitter Eight people are dead and 26 more missing as authorities warn families to prepare for the worst after a diving boat on a Labor Day trip erupted in flames early Monday. The75-foot Conceptionwas some 20 yards off the northern coast of Santa Cruz Island, itself some 20 miles east of Southern California, when the fire was reported shortly after 3 a.m. A total of 39 people were on board, six crew members and 33 passengers, Coast Guard Capt....