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Safety board: Lack of oversight blamed for deadly boat fire

by Stefanie DazioTom Krisher
| October 20, 2020 2:03 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal safety officials on Tuesday blamed the deaths of 34 people in a fire aboard a Southern California scuba dive boat directly on the vessel owner's failures to oversee its vessel and crew properly.

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