At least 8 dead from California boat fire, 26 missing
Eight people were confirmed dead from a predawn fire that sank a boat off a Southern California island and 26 others who were on the scuba diving vessel were missing, a local sheriff said.
Colin Martz, 16, an intern at the Santa Barbara Sailing Center, walks to place flowers at a memorial for those lost at sea, as a search continues for those missing in a pre-dawn fire that sank a commercial diving boat off a Southern California island near Santa Barbara, California, U.S., September 2(photo credit: REUTERS/KYLE GRILLOT)ByREUTERS
