This image made from video provided by KABC-TV shows the outlined search area where divers are searching the wreckage of the sunken dive boat Conception, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, after it burned and sank Sunday, off Santa Cruz Island in Southern California's Channel Islands. (KABC-TV via AP)
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the scuba diving boat fire off the coast of California that is presumed to have killed 34 people: (all times local):
10:15 a.m.
Apple says an engineer, his wife, daughter and another Apple employee were on board the scuba diving boat consumed by fire off the coast of Southern California on Labor Day.
Deirdre O'Brien, a senior vice president at Apple, said Wednesday in a statement that Steve Salika, his wife, Diana Adamic, daughter, Tia Salika, and Apple colleague Dan Garcia went on the trip.
O'Brien told the Mercury News that they were celebrating Tia's 17th birthday.
Steve Salika worked at Apple for 30 years.
San Francisco's ABC affiliate, KGO, reports that 52-year-old hairdresser and photographer Lisa Fiedler from Mill Valley was a passenger on the boat, according to her mother Nancy Fiedler. She says her daughter loved nature.
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8 a.m.
Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of 33 people who died in the scuba diving boat fire that happened off the coast of Southern California.
Coast Guard Lt. Zach Farrell said Wednesday that 13 bodies were recovered Tuesday and that one person is still missing.
Farrell spoke on behalf of an interagency joint information center representing local, county, state and federal officials.
The boat caught fire before dawn on Monday. Authorities previously said 34 people aboard who were below decks sleeping were presumed dead and that five crew members including the captain escaped.
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7 a.m.
Authorities say divers were expected at daybreak to resume searching for remains of the victims who died in the scuba diving boat fire off the Southern California coast.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Cmdr. Kevin Huddle says medical examiners worked overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday to examine remains found so far and identify the victims. Thirty four people are presumed dead following Monday's pre-dawn fire near Santa Cruz island.
Huddle on Tuesday would not say how many bodies were discovered during that day's search for remains. Authorities previously said the remains of 20 people have been recovered and that four to six more have been located on the ocean floor but not retrieved.
Huddle said updates on bodies recovered would come after autopsies begin.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Lt. Brian Olmstead says the FBI is assisting investigators in gathering evidence.
Five crew members survived, including the captain.
Thirty three passengers and one crew member are presumed dead.
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12 a.m.
A family of five along with high schoolers, an adventurous marine biologist and a science teacher are among those believed lost in the fiery sinking of a scuba boat off the Southern California coast.
Authorities believe all 34 people who were sleeping below deck perished when flames raced through the boat before Monday as it anchored off Santa Cruz Island northwest of Los Angeles.
The search for other survivors ended Tuesday. At least 20 bodies have been recovered and officials continued efforts to bring in others spotted on the ocean bed. Some may be inside the sunken boat.
The National Transportation Safety Board arrived Tuesday to begin investigating the cause of the blaze, which left only five known survivors - the captain and four crewmembers who were on deck.
Authorities and FBI investigators cart away evidence taken from the scuba boat Conception in Santa Barbara Harbor at the end of their second day searching for the remaining divers who were missing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed to have died when fire tore through the scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast Monday, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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FBI investigators climb aboard the "Vision" a sister vessel to the scuba boat Conception to document its layout and learn more about the deadly pre-dawn fire in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. A fire raged through the boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, leaving multiple people dead. Authorities on Tuesday ended the search for survivors. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Authorities and FBI investigators cart away evidence taken from the scuba boat Conception in Santa Barbara Harbor at the end of their second day searching for the remaining divers still missing from the deadly pre-dawn fire on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through the boat Conception carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast Monday, leaving multiple people dead. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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FBI investigators climb aboard the "Vision" a sister vessel to the scuba boat Conception to document its layout and learn more about the deadly pre-dawn fire in Santa Barbara, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. A fire raged through the Conception boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, leaving multiple people dead. Authorities on Tuesday ended the search for survivors. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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FBI investigators climb aboard the "Vision" a sister vessel to the scuba boat Conception to document its layout and learn more about the deadly pre-dawn fire that destroyed the boat in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. A fire raged through the boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast Monday, leaving multiple people dead. Authorities ended the search for survivors Tuesday. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Authorities cart away evidence taken from the scuba boat Conception in Santa Barbara Harbor at the end of their second day searching for the remaining divers who were missing on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed to have died when fire tore through a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast Monday, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Authorities lock away evidence taken from the scuba boat Conception in Santa Barbara Harbor at the end of their second day searching for the remaining divers on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed to have died when fire tore through the scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast Monday, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Authorities lock away evidence taken from the scuba boat Conception in Santa Barbara Harbor at the end of their second day searching for the remaining divers on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed to have died when fire tore through the scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast Monday, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Authorities cart away evidence taken from the scuba boat Conception in Santa Barbara Harbor at the end of their second day searching for the remaining divers on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. High school students, a science teacher and his daughter, an adventurous marine biologist and a family of five celebrating a birthday are among those presumed to have died when fire tore through a scuba diving boat off the Southern California coast Monday, trapping dozens of sleeping people below deck. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Flowers and handmade art on an abalone shell is displayed at a memorial for the victims of Monday's dive boat fire at the Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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National Transportation Safety Board Board member Jennifer Homendy, left, and Jason Neubauer of the U.S. Coast Guard inspect the Vision, a sister vessel to the dive boat Conception at Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, Sept. 2, leaving multiple people dead. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy, right, and Investigator In Charge Adam Tucker inspect the Vision, aa sister vessel to the dive boat Conception, at Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, Sept. 2, leaving multiple people dead. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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A handwritten message from members of the diving community is displayed at a memorial for the victims of Monday's dive boat fire at the Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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Items are placed at a memorial for the victims of Monday's dive boat fire at the Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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A family from Iowa observes a memorial placed for the victims of Monday's dive boat fire at the Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy and her team walk past a memorial for the victims of a dive boat fire at Santa Barbara Harbor on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, Sept. 2, leaving multiple people dead.(AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa )
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FBI investigators unload equipment to begin examining evidence obtained from the wreckage of the dive boat Conception on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Santa Barbara, Calif. A fire raged through the boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, Sept. 2, leaving multiple people dead. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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FBI investigators climb aboard the "Vision" a sister vessel to the scuba boat Conception to document its layout and learn more about the deadly pre-dawn fire in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. A fire raged through the boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored near an island off the Southern California Coast on Monday, leaving multiple people dead. Authorities on Tuesday ended the search for survivors. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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