Recovered so far, of the 34 people presumed dead. The cause of that fire is still unknown. Reporter the process of identifying the victims and notifying families is underway very search efforts for survivors ended tuesday after labor day dive boat excursion of Southern California turns tragic. 39 on board, 33 passengers, six crew. But early monday morning a fire broke out, dropping those sleeping in bunks below deck, blocking, according to the sheriff, the one exit and escape hatch. 34 died in the inferno, 20 bodies recovered. Deputies hope to find remaining victims today, but the conception remains upside down and unstable and 65 feet of water. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts, we know this is a very difficult time for families and friends of the victims. Five crewmembers sleeping on the top deck escaped by jumping off and taking a small boat to safety. Two went back to look for survivors but found no one. Today efforts will be made to stabilize the boat so that
Jackwas ere for the hours long cleanup. Reporter the big rig was carrying about 1000 live chickens, many that died but hundreds survived and it took work crews hours for them to corral them. We have never had anything to this level and certainly this is really sad. Reporter feathers and truck carnage were scattered all over i80 westbound a big rig carrying live chickens crashed into the side of this overpass near the San Pablo Dam road exit removing a cement chung phrma pic the driver only got a few cuts despite the entire cabin body of the truck melting to almost nothing pic the richmond fire department, chp and cost to Contact County Animal Services were on scene. We are trying to salvage the birds that are alive that were in these cages and trying to assess them and do what is possible for them to get out of here and get them the care they can get. Reporter that would prove to be a tough task picked hundreds of birds survived and had to be tracked down and transferred one by one. We
The ntsb arrived today and they will try to determine how this fire started. Investigators plan to interview the survivors to learn more about what may have sparked the blaze. Meantime Officials Say they will use rapid dna analysis to try to identify the victims. You will remember, that was the same analysis used to identify victims of the wildfire that devastated the town of paradise last year. Five members of one family are among those on the dive trip. A relative says the family was from stockton. Susanna rojas posted on social media that her three daughters, their father, and their stepmother were all on board conception when it caught fire before dawn yesterday morning. They were outstanding citizens, they are just beautiful, special, they did everything, i evan was on with her father, her sisters nicole and angela, and their stepmother. Evan, her father and stepmother all worked as rses at Joseph Medical Center in stockton, angela was a middle School Teacher in stockton and nicol
Leaving a trail of destruction and devastation of the bahamas for at least five people have been killed. More than 2 million americans and florida, georgia and carolinas have been warned to evacuate, the category two storm makes landfall is still unknown. For the latest on hurricane dorians path, Senior Correspondent rick joining us tonight life from Atlantic Beach florida. There are still long sections of the 40 coastline that could be bondable as dorian makes his way north, we are told is further east from the coast in the worst the residence could be spared the worst. We could get brushed by Tropical Storm just possibly even hurricane just as the storm makes its way north. Theyve taken a lot of precautions across the cours coe and lotto schools remain close and shelters to open, several air force close, more than 1800 flights were canceled alone, 650 flights are already canceled for tomorrow, the coast guard has moved assets in and out of position trying to protect ships and other e
Survive. Its never an easy decision sdifficult time and victims. We have suspended search efforts due to no individual having been witnessed entering the water. The video shows the flames engulfing the boat, a team from the ntsb arrived today to lead the investigation into the cause of the fire. Earlier today officials said most of the victims were from golden california, they have not released any names yet but we have learned that raymond chan was on the dive trip along with his 26yearold daughter kendra. He was a High School Physics teacher in fremont. We talked with his wife tonight heartbreaking story i spoke with vicki who was about to celebrate her 35 year wedding anniversary in october her daughter just turned 26 years old and had her whole life ahead of her, vicki is now learning the death of her husband and her firstborn child. She tells me they had been diving together for years. Reporter father and daughter pictured here all smiles after giving scuba gear this past christma