In the middle of the night a tragic fire took the lives of thirty-four souls aboard the MV Conception anchored off Santa Cruz Island. May the victims rest in eternal peace.
“The majority of the people were the passengers on the ship and the sleeping compartment was on the bottom deck of the ship, so they would’ve been sound asleep when this fire started. So you can imagine that of all scenarios — to be in a remote location, have a fire that occurs, have limited, if any, firefighting capabilities that could address that and then to have all of a sudden a fire that spread very, very rapidly. You couldn’t ask for a worse situation.”
Sheriff Bill Brown, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
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