Off the coast of the United States, a ship with tourists burned and sank: 4 died, 29 went missing. PHOTO, VIDEO - ForumDaily
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Off the coast of the United States, a ship with tourists burned and sank: 4 died, 29 went missing. PHOTO, VIDEO

The Coast Guard has recovered the bodies of four people killed in a fire on a tourist boat off the coast of St. Croix. Twenty-nine (some sources say 34) people are considered missing - authorities fear they are all dead. The discovered victims drowned while trying to escape from the ship engulfed in flames.

At the moment, as the newspaper writes KTLA, officials provide different information about how many people were on the ship, so the number of potential missing persons also fluctuates. Earlier it was about five rescued and 34 passengers, whose fate is unknown. It is reported that the victims died as a result of drowning.

It all happened on the night of Monday, September 2, closer to the morning. The ship burned “down to the water level,” eyewitnesses say. The ship sank - as of 8:20 am, only a small part of the Conception ship’s bow, which is almost 23 meters long, was visible from the water.

The crew was awake during a fire and managed to quickly leave the board, said Coast Guard captain Monica Rochester. According to representatives of the coast guard, five crew members (including the captain of the ship) were picked up by a pleasure boat passing by. Two of the survivors received leg injuries.

Officials believe the passengers were sleeping on the lower deck. Therefore, there is serious concern that missing tourists have died.

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Although the Ventura County Fire Department previously told KTLA that 34 people were killed in the incident, Coast Guard officials said they couldn’t confirm any casualties.

"They're searching the shoreline right now," Rochester said at a Monday morning news conference. She did not specify whether searches were carried out underwater.

The Los Angeles Coast Guard station learned of the fire at approximately 3:15 a.m. after hearing a "distorted" SOS signal. The ship was on fire. As clarified Fox News, a ship was reported with 38 people on board, but throughout the day - and still - this figure has not been conclusively confirmed.

The ship caught fire at anchor at Platts harbor on Santa Cruz Island. The coast guard sent two helicopters, a boat and two boats to the scene. At 3: 28, Ventura County firefighters arrived.

According to the coast guard, firefighters fought with the flame at the moment when the ship sank 18 meters from the coast at a depth of about 19,5 meters.

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According to California Diving News, the Conception had a maximum capacity of 46 people and carried "rafts and life jackets for 110 passengers." The vessel operated year-round since 1981 and was designed to allow divers to spend several days at sea.

Photo: Santa Barbara County Fire Department

The ship was to set off on a journey that began Friday night in the harbor of Santa Barbara, and then had to continue in the direction of the islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa and Santa Barbara, before returning to the harbor in Monday, around 17: 00.

“Our hearts are with the families and loved ones affected by this tragic incident,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a tweet, thanking rescue and search officials for their work.

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