(4 Sep 2019) Santa Barbara County sheriff's department officials said late Tuesday that remains had been recovered, as they search for victims of the boat fire that killed 34 people earlier this week. Officials said the remains were taken to the coroner's office to be examined, and they could not give any details about what they had found.
Officials are vowing to find what sparked the inferno aboard the dive boat Conception that killed 34 people in waters off Southern California but vital evidence may have gone down with the ship or drifted out to sea.
The main piece of evidence, the charred remains of the boat, rests on the sea floor in 60 feet (18 meters) of water. Other items that could provide valuable clues could have been carried away by the tides or destroyed in the blaze that burned so hot DNA was needed to identify the dead.
Officials say divers will continue their search at the boat fire site on Wednesday morning.
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