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Southern california was asleep when the fire broke out and killed 34 people. the national transportation safety board confirms is a the ship was required to have a roaming watchman awake at night. it comes after coast guard made new recommendations stemming from that fire. they include limits on the charging of lithium-ion batteries and the use of power strips and extension cords. the "los angeles times" reports investigators are looking into that as a potential cause. william la jeunesse reporting. he is alive in california 55 miles northwest of los angeles. >> right now the currents are too ...

Coast guard required the ship owner to have this roaming watchman. and that's to avoid ha happened here complicate with the inability of people to escape. >> in addition to this key detail, the ntsb inspected a similar boat owned by the same company and so she was, quote, taken aback by the size and location of that emergency hatch where presumably these passengers, if they had woken up could have made their way out of. and, two, that the smoke alarms were not connected through the boat. >> exactly. these are things that you would expect in a modern boat. you'd expect more attention to safety ...