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Officials: Some deaths, 34 missing in California boat fire
Fox 8 Cleveland ^ | 9/2/2019 | Talia Naquin

Posted on 09/02/2019 6:09:49 AM PDT by vespa300

VENTURA COUNTY, California – The Ventura County Fire Department has confirmed 34 people have been killed in a boat incident off the Ventura County coast.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: boat; california; diveboat; killed; notkilled; santacruzisland; venturacounty
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To: sheana

Looks like the Coasties are going to be busy today on both coasts.


21 posted on 09/02/2019 6:26:50 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: vespa300

Pier pressure.


22 posted on 09/02/2019 6:28:33 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: sheana

Could be a fishing boat, but more likely a yacht.


23 posted on 09/02/2019 6:28:55 AM PDT by umgud
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To: sheana

Island Packers was my first thought too. I did a Channel Islands trip with them, though from Oxnard, not Ventura and enjoyed it very much. This is tragic. Hope they are able to rescue more people from that boat.


24 posted on 09/02/2019 6:29:38 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: vespa300

Hmmm....how about that?


25 posted on 09/02/2019 6:29:53 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.com)
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To: vespa300

We need common sense boat control.


26 posted on 09/02/2019 6:30:53 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: blackdog

Sorry to hear that. Hard choice but I would take my chance with the water.


27 posted on 09/02/2019 6:31:04 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: MuttTheHoople

The vessel was reported as being on fire. The a group of crew members has been rescued (one with minor injuries) and efforts continue to evacuate the remaining passengers.


28 posted on 09/02/2019 6:31:06 AM PDT by mplc51
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To: who knows what evil?

Dive boat according to KTLA 5.


29 posted on 09/02/2019 6:31:26 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: umgud

https://islandpackers.com/

There’s a pic of the boats they run.


30 posted on 09/02/2019 6:33:09 AM PDT by sheana
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To: libh8er

Could be a Scuba Charter


31 posted on 09/02/2019 6:34:15 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: HighSierra5

Tragic. Glad to hear it’s not Island Packers though.


32 posted on 09/02/2019 6:34:49 AM PDT by sheana
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To: mware

When I taught middle school science, a state trooper taught boating safety (We live near a river and lots of the kids have access to water crafts. As a rules he told the kids to stick with the boat.


33 posted on 09/02/2019 6:35:37 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Zathras

We have a couple of dive boats that run out of Ventura.


34 posted on 09/02/2019 6:36:15 AM PDT by sheana
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To: mplc51

Sounds like some did not listen to the evacuation drills. Even the notorious Duck Boats have them before they start off.


35 posted on 09/02/2019 6:38:51 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: sheana

My home town ...


36 posted on 09/02/2019 6:39:10 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!)
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To: vespa300

Thirty-four dead? A large fishing charter?


37 posted on 09/02/2019 6:39:22 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: vespa300

Boat control! Thirty-four??? Something must be done. (/sarc)


38 posted on 09/02/2019 6:40:42 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Rummyfan

I’ve sailed with boats from UCLA sometimes that are massive.


39 posted on 09/02/2019 6:42:30 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!)
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To: Rummyfan

I get KTLA 5 on my sattelite up here and they showed a tweeted picture of the burning boat with 5 rescued crewmembers. Maybe the divers are still in the water. They said there is heavy fog in the area.


40 posted on 09/02/2019 6:46:01 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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