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The maritime fire killed 34 people near Santa Cruz Island in 2019.

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A federal jury has found Jerry Boylan found guilty of 'seaman's manslaughter' in boat fire that killed 34 off California coast.

The captain of a dive boat that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, leaving 34 people dead, has been found guilty of negligence in a US court.The boat had been wrapping up a three-day diving excursion around the Channel Islands, off the coast of Santa Barbara.

Jurors will now decide whether Jerry Boylan, captain of the dive boat where 34 died in a 2019 fire, is guilty of manslaughter.

Opening statements came during Jerry Boylan's two-week trial in what family members of the victims view as a long overdue step toward accountability.

Opening statements came during Jerry Boylan's two-week trial in what family members of the victims view as a long overdue step toward accountability.

Prosecutors say Jerry Boylan was negligent when he failed to institute a roving night watch or conduct proper fire drills aboard the Conception before it caught fire in 2019, killing 34. He has pleaded not guilty.

ATF investigators conducted a series of burn tests on a full-scale mock-up of the middle deck of the dive boat and concluded the deadly blaze began in a Rubbermaid garbage bin beneath the stairs of the main deck.

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