California boat fire: Frantic family and friends await answers on the fate of loved ones
A commercial diving boat caught fire near the shoreline of Santa Cruz Island, Calif., early Monday. Many aboard the boat were believed to be sleeping below deck when the fire broke out in the pre-dawn hours.Pineda awoke to news of a fire on the Conception, with 30 people missing.
At the Coast Guard headquarters in Oxnard, James Kohl waited to learn the fate of his brother, Mike, a cook on the Conception. Five crew members were already awake and jumped off the boat, which was 20 yards offshore on the north side of Santa Cruz Island, according to U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester.
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