The deadly fire that broke out four years ago aboard the Conception dive boat, killing 34 people, started in a plastic trash can on the main deck, a confidential report reviewed by The Times shows.

A memorial is in Santa Barbara for the 34 people who died in the Conception boat fire in 2019. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) Five years after California's worst modern maritime disaster, relatives of ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Investigators determined a fire that broke out aboard the Conception dive boat in 2019 that killed 34 people started in a plastic trash can, according to a recent ...

On the fifth anniversary of a diving boat fire off the Santa Barbara coast that claimed the lives of 34 people — more than half hailing from the Bay Area and Northern California — the head of the ...

A jury has found a former captain guilty in the Conception boat fire that killed 33 passengers and a crew member four years ago. Jerry Boylan, 69, was found guilty Monday of one count of misconduct or ...

Five years after California's worst modern maritime disaster, relatives of the Conception boat fire victims are angry about what they call the slow pace of accountability, while a top U.S. safety ...

LOS ANGELES - The captain of a Santa Barbara-based boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019 was indicted by a grand jury once again Tuesday for his role in the blaze that killed 34. Jerry ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced new fire safety rules for small boats more than two years after the deadliest maritime disaster in modern California history, and ...

Captain Jerry Boylan did everything he could to save 34 people who died in a horrific boat fire, and prosecutors charging him with neglect have the wrong man, defense attorneys told a jury in federal ...

Only five people on the Conception survived after the boat caught on fire. The crew of the Conception immediately knew they were in trouble. The fire that killed 34 people early Monday fully engulfed ...