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Effort. welcome back to news headquarters. a horrific story as you are learning about what was happening not only on the bridge but down below when this fire broke out. >> julie: those unaccounted for were sleeping and the five crew members jumped off and they are unaccounted for. it is a search and recovery mission. well get to the search and recovery mission in a moment. we have to talk about hurricane dorian. it was weakened just a bit. just barely. category 4 storm really just on the brink o...

>> julie, the coast guard is searching the shorelines for any possible survivors, 39 people were on the diving ship conception, 34 of them now unaccounted for following this fire. it started around 3:30 early this morning near santa cruz island 70 miles north of los angeles. a coast guard officer said people were below deck asleep. the five crew members were awake and above deck and able to jump off the ship. a good samaritan helped them get to safety. the 75 foot vessel sunk in 64 feet of water...

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Angeles coast north of santa cruz island and some stunning and scary details coming out from that. 34 unaccounted for passengers on this boat that was a commercial diving boat. they were below deck when the fire broke out. were told by the coast guard there were five crew members above deck when the fire broke out and they were able to jump off and into the water. sadly, as we heard from that coast guard captain, the 34 people unaccounted for it is no longer a rescue operation but a recovery ope...

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Those are my comments at this time. ventura county will also make a comment. >> ventura fire department. we have been in unified command with united states coast guard, harbor ventura and it will continue to be a unified effort as we switch to santa barbara county and fire as the incident goes on and we go into recovery mode. >> there is no chance of recovery mode, no chance of further rescues? >> presently the coast guard has all efforts in a response posture now. were currently still in the re...

Unaccounted for. christina coleman joins us live in los angeles with the latest. hi, christina. >> what we just learned 33 people who were on that ship are unaccounted for right now. this after the boat went up in flames early this morning. the 75-foot commercial diving vessel was based in the santa barbara harbor 70 miles north of los angeles. multiple agencies, helicopters and swift water rescue boats were on scene in this rescue effort. the fire started early this morning. the search and resc...

>> i believe its grate. >> a good samaritan that offered their services to help. >> if we see a man wearing that shirt he was not on the boat. >> he just helped this situation. >> do you know all the passengers as posed to crew below deck? >> they were below deck asleep. >> have you received any witness accounts that anybody was able to get above deck from below deck? no witness against of anybody other than the five crew members in the water? >> i dont have any additional information. well cont...

>> the fire, you must have some additional information. did it start small, was there an explosion that was quick and out of nowhere? >> the only may day call we received was the vessel was engulfed in flames. thats all we received. >> how long was it between the call and the time you arrived sf >> i dont have that for you now but i can get it for you. >> clarified, 34 -- >> 34 unaccounted for people on board. the crew was actually already awake and on the bridge and they jumped off. >> to clari...