December 17, 2019
LOS ANGELES — A group of California congressional members have proposed tighter safety standards for small boats after a diving charter vessel burned and sank in September, killing 34 people. Only five people — the captain and four crew members …
September 30, 2019
LOS ANGELES — Investigators completed a two-week examination of the charred wreckage of a scuba diving boat and could not determine what ignited the fire that killed 34 people off the Southern California coast, a law enforcement official said Friday. …
September 13, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The Coast Guard has announced new safety recommendations in the wake of a fatal boat fire off the Southern California coast that killed 34 people. The agency recommended limiting the unsupervised charging of lithium-ion batteries and the …
September 4, 2019
Divers and search crews were still looking Tuesday for nine missing people after at least 25 were confirmed dead when a boat packed with scuba divers caught fire near an island off the Southern California coast. The dive-boat Conception became …
February 11, 2015
Authorities say a fire has caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to three boats stored at a facility on Buffalo’s Lake Erie waterfront. Fire dispatch officials tell The Buffalo News that the blaze was reported around 6 a.m. …
April 3, 2013
Two boats have burned at a state park marina on the Tennessee River, but firefighters prevented the flames from spreading to others. WRCB-TV in Chattanooga reported the flames were spotted about 6 a.m. Tuesday at Harrison Bay State Park. Firefighters …