At least 25 dead in California boat fire

Nine still missing after boat caught fire in early hours of Monday morning

Conception boat fire
(Image credit: Santa Barbara County Fire Department via Getty Images)

At least 25 people have died after a dive boat caught fire and sank off the coast of southern California and another nine people are still missing.

Four crew members and the captain were able to escape from the Conception, a 75-foot commercial scuba diving boat, after it caught fire in the early hours of Monday morning, but so far there have been no survivors among the passengers.

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