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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. we're currently still in the response phase. >> divers looking at the wreckage? >> i don't have any additional information regardi...

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 rescue efforts in the dark and in the water could be very difficult. the commercial diving vessel as adr...

>> i believe it's 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 don't have any additional information. we'll continue our response search effort so with that i'll close out this brief. thank you. rochester. mon...

>> 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. that's all we received. >> how long was it between the call and the time you arrived sf >> i don't 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 clarify crew members, only five crew members and all crew made it off? >> five crew members on board. t...