Bad lithium battery catching fire?
More death by cell phone.
Propane tanks, oxygen tanks. Something leaked and found a spark
It makes sense. It is very sad!
I will be interested in what changes the C.G. makes to the sub-chapter “T” regulations.
May the Divine rest their souls!
Gunner
Maybe a cell battery or a laptop fire?
The bunks had bedding and curtains that would catch fire quickly. There was no fire suppression.
” I’ve charged my dive light and phone with them.”
From the article:
“Most dive boats now require you to charge them externally on the deck,” Strong said. “There are fewer combustibles out there and more firefighting equipment.”
I don’t expect civilians to stand watch, but on boat full of people I would have bet that one or two would be up and about just for the sake of the odds.
What a sad situation.
Those who were died were burnt to a crisp. I suspect that there isn’t much of the surrounding area for fire investigators to examine. Very sad situation.
Lithium fire onboard. Not good.
Sad statement that all the crew dives off first thing. Probly in the fine print.
Crew seems to have left them to die.
My claustrophobia would never allowed me to stay on that boat.
Has anyone reported an explosion before the boat was engulfed in flames?
When I first I heard about this, the only two things that made sense to me were:
(1) The passengers were incapacitated or dead from carbon monoxide or some other gas.
(2) A fire accelerant was spread around deliberately so there was no explosion.
Anybody on board have a Muslim name?
Any weird loner white guys on board?
Nothing about anyone yelling a warning, nothing about grabbing for a fire extinguisher - the crew bailed and got out of there as fast as they could.
I’ve commented here on FR re this Conception fire before. And, based upon my experience with 14 boats over 51 years of boating, I think this latest lithium theory is just bs.
I’ve been in this situation before (re lots of people on board overnight and anchored). We always, always, always have somebody awake all night long...…...ALWAYS. This is where the dive company is likely to get their clock cleaned.
Aside from that point, I just do not understand how this fire spread from one end of this 75 foot boat to the other quick enough to trap 34 people and kill them. When fire hits your skin, you scream. Did all 34 people get burned up at exactly the same time? Was there no ventilation for trapped smoke? Did they die of asphyxiation? Was one or more persons on board a target?
There are many, many questions to answer on this one.
I lost my shop building to lithium batteries (cordless drill) two summers ago.
Uhhh, no fire/smoke alarm? Something isn’t right here.
“Then he and four crew members jumped from the wheelhouse and climbed into a dinghy to get help from the Grape Escape, a fishing boat anchored nearby off Santa Cruz Island.”
Really????
They used to call such berthing arrangements “steerage”.
If any of your ancestors arrived in the Colonies during the 18th century give thanks to God that you are alive.
I keep saying your cell phone is going to kill you, one way or the other, not to say what it is doing to Western Civilization.