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Ems. what else can you tell us, first of all, about those missing and injured in this accident and do we know if the family of the person who died has been contacted yet? >> hi, good afternoon. thanks for having me. so we have a total of 20 patients that we've made contact through new orleans ems. of those 20, 18 were transported to a local hospital. one refused medical treatment on-scene and one is that fatality that's in the building. we have not reached out to families of the victims. i know that families are contacting area hospitals. but right now it's still under investigation, so no nam...

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The cause of the fire while on scene. that comes later in the investigative process. nor will we speculate on the cause. i used to book my hotel room on those travel sites but there was

Actively searching in the -- and the coast guard has multiple assets on scene because we don't know -- it was very dark when the explosion happened. we don't know if someone was able to get off board with the flotation device prior to us arriving on scene. so there still could be people out there. we are actively searching. but unfortunately the more time that goes by the more difficult it's going to be to locate survivors. >> can you just describe what that sort of search entails since we know most of the vessel is now under water? are divers around this boat, on the rescue and recovery effor...

Kind of describe what the roles might be. >> well, law enforcement plays a significant role in planning for this crisis. they actually integrate into all thee major phases of crisis management, which is in preparation, in response and in repair. law enforcement does co-join their activities were other emergency management agencies, such as fire, ems, office of emergency management. so they bring -- specifically in a natural disaster, they have to maintain civil order in the community while being the first responders. often times patrol officers are the first to react and arrive onscene of an i...