On This Day, Sept. 2: Fire on California dive boat kills 34

Conception dive boat fire marks 6th anniversary | News Channel 3-12

Conception Dive Boat fire victims remembered on sixth anniversary of the tragedy SANTA BARBARA, Calif.- Sept. 2nd marks the sixth anniversary of the deadly Conception dive boat fire. It happened in 2019. The Conception, owned by Truth Aquatics at the time, had left the Santa Barbara Harbor for an annual 3-day Labor Day weekend dive trip to Santa Cruz island. At 3 a.m. on Labor Day the fire started. All 33 passengers and one crew member, sleeping…

Six Years After the Deadly ‘Conception’ Fire, Santa Barbara Captain Remains Free Pending Appeal

Jerry Boylan has yet to serve his four-year prison sentence after being convicted of “seaman’s manslaughter” in the 2019 Labor Day boat fire that killed 34.

On This Day, Sept. 2: Fire on California dive boat kills 34

On Sept. 2, 2019, a fire broke out on a diving boat off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Calif., killing 34 people.