Page 6 - HOH

Stickhouse Aruba

Tuesday
September 3, 2019
T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044
www.arubatoday.com

Page 13
Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper ruba’s ONLY English newspaper
A
8 killed in deadly California boat fire; dozens missing

By STEFANIE DAZIO
Associated Press
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
(AP) — A fire raged through
a boat carrying recreation-
al scuba divers anchored
near an island off the
Southern California coast
early Monday, leaving at
least eight people dead
and hope diminishing that
any of the 26 people still
missing would be found
alive. Five crew members
escaped by jumping off
the vessel and taking ref-
uge on an inflatable boat.
Rescuers recovered four
bodies from the waters just
off Santa Cruz Island and
spotted four others on the
ocean floor near where
the boat sank.
They were continuing to
search for survivors, but
Coast Guard Capt. Mon-
ica Rochester cautioned
that it was unlikely anyone
else would be found alive.
“We will search all the way
through the night into the
morning, but I think we
should all be prepared to In this photo provided by the Ventura County Fire Department, VCFD firefighters respond to a boat fire off the coast of southern
move into the worst out- California, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.
come,” she told an after- Associated Press
noon news conference. 90 miles (145 kilometers) with drowning, said Coast clear when the bodies on could search the boat for
The four bodies plucked northwest of Los Angeles Guard Lt. Cmdr. Matthew the ocean floor might be others.
from the ocean about all had injuries consistent Kroll. It wasn’t immediately retrieved or when divers Continued on Page 2