Crew members aboard dive boat that caught fire and left 34 dead say they didn’t know emergency procedures

Published September 17, 2020 12:34am ET



Crew members of the Southern California dive boat that caught on fire and resulted in 34 deaths said they were not up to speed on emergency procedures when a fire broke out on the boat in 2019.

Thirty-three passengers were on the boat during a Labor Day weekend scuba diving expedition in 2019 when a fire broke out and spread while passengers were sleeping. All the passengers and one crew member who were asleep below the deck were killed. Five other crew members barely escaped after unsuccessfully trying to save others.

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