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Transportation5 of the 6 crew members were asleep when a fire started on the diving boat that went up in flames off the California coast, killing 34 people
- Five of the six crew members on the diving boat that caught fire in California on September 2 were sleeping when the fire started, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report released on Thursday.
- Thirty-four of the boat's 39 occupants were killed, including all 33 of its passengers.
- In interviews with the NTSB, three crew members said they were not aware of any mechan…
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