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California boat fire photos: Authorities find bodies, search for missing after dive boat burns near Santa Cruz Island

In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department a dive boat is engulfed in flames after a deadly fire broke out aboard the commercial scuba diving vessel off the Southern California Coast Monday morning, Sept. 2, 2019. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

In this photo released by the Ventura County Fire Department on September 2, 2019, Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire on a boat off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, California. - Rescuers were scrambling Monday to reach more than 30 people who were sleeping below deck when their scuba-diving boat caught fire off the California coast, with reports of "numerous fatalities." A major rescue operation was underway for the dozens of people trapped aboard the 75-foot (22-meter) boat, near Santa Cruz Island off the coast from Los Angeles, the Coast Guard tweeted. (Photo by HO / Ventura County Fire Department / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Ventura County Fire Department/ HO" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSHO/AFP/Getty Images

In this image made from video provided by KCBS authorities assist a man who was rescued from a deadly boat fire Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, off Santa Cruz Island, in Calif. (KCBS via AP)

In this image made from video provided by KCBS authorities assist a man who was rescued from a deadly boat fire Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, off Santa Cruz Island, in Calif. (KCBS via AP)

In this photo provided by the Ventura County Fire Department, VCFD firefighters respond to a boat fire off the coast of southern California, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard said it has launched several boats to help over two dozen people "in distress" off the coast of southern California. (Ventura County Fire Department via AP)

In this photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, firefighters work to extinguish a dive boat engulfed in flames after a deadly fire broke out aboard the commercial scuba diving vessel off the Southern California Coast Monday morning, Sept. 2, 2019. (Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP)

A woman is consoled at a U.S. Coast Guard station in Oxnard, Calif., Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for more than 30 people after a scuba diving boat caught fire early Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman. (Andrew Cullen/The New York Times)

A woman is comforted by police as she makes her way to a centre for relatives of victims of a boat fire incident off the Santa Cruz islands, at the Coast Guard base in Oxnard, California on September 2, 2019. - A commercial scuba-dive boat sank amid intense flames early off the coast of Southern California and 34 passengers were unaccounted for, the US Coast Guard said. Five Conception crew members were awake and jumped into the water when flames burst out around 3:15 am (1015 GMT), Coast Guard Captain Monica Rochester told reporters in a televised briefing. She said 34 people -- not the 33 reported earlier by the Coast Guard -- were unaccounted for when the Conception sank 20 yards (meters) offshore, leaving only its bow exposed. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

A woman is comforted by a member of the Ventura County Fire department at U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands in Oxnard, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. Multiple people are feared dead after a dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast, according to the Coast Guard. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

FBI and Coast Guard personnel work together at U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands in Oxnard, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, as multiple people are feared dead after a dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

A man wearing a shirt for a boat called "Grape Escape," which rescued several people from a boat fire, at a U.S. Coast Guard station in Oxnard, Calif., Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for more than 30 people after a scuba diving boat caught fire early Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman. (Andrew Cullen/The New York Times)

Coast Guard Capt. Monica Rochester, right, addresses the media at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands base in Oxnard, Calif. Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. A dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast. Several crew members were rescued and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kroll told The Associated Press the Coast Guard was searching for others who may have been able to escape the fire by jumping from the boat. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

Capt. Monica Rochester, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman, speaks to reporters outside of a U.S. Coast Guard station in Oxnard, Calif., Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for more than 30 people after a scuba diving boat caught fire early Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman. (Andrew Cullen/The New York Times)

First responders unload equipment at a U.S. Coast Guard station in Oxnard, Calif., Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for more than 30 people after a scuba diving boat caught fire early Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman. (Andrew Cullen/The New York Times)

An FBI agent arrives at U.S. Coast Guard Station Channel Islands in Oxnard, Calif., Monday, Sept. 2, 2019, as multiple people are feared dead after a dive boat caught fire before dawn Monday off the Southern California coast. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

An ambulance leaves a U.S. Coast Guard station in Oxnard, Calif., Sept. 2, 2019. The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for more than 30 people after a scuba diving boat caught fire early Monday morning, according to a spokeswoman. (Andrew Cullen/The New York Times)