All Conception crew members were sleeping when boat fire broke out, NTSB says
by Mark Puente, Richard Winton, Leila Miller and Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times
Sep 12, 2019
3 minutes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - All crew members were asleep when the Conception caught fire early on Labor Day, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday, a major revelation in the investigation of the worst maritime disaster in modern California history.
The agency's preliminary report said "at the time of the fire, five crewmembers were asleep in berths behind the wheelhouse, and one crewmember was asleep in the bunkroom." The boat was required by federal law to have a "night watchman" who was
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