# Multiple Casualties During Dive Boat Fire Near Santa Cruz Island

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**Category:** Maritime News\
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/multiple-casualties-during-dive-boat-fire-near-santa-cruz-island/52558 "2019-09-02T14:23:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jamesbrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Jamesbrown](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Jamesbrown)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/multiple-casualties-during-dive-boat-fire-near-santa-cruz-island/52558/263 "2019-09-12T13:57:41Z")

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> [@Earl\_Boebert1](#):
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> New USCG Safety Bulletin prompted by the tragedy:
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> [10 Sep Safety Bulletin](https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/MSIB/2019/MSIB_008_19.pdf?ver=2019-09-10-115632-287)
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> Note bullet five.

What do you want to note about it? It was predictable. Has there been some evidence released about it?

> [@Jamesbrown](#):
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> A new safety alert will be issued by the CG (within days probably…). ’ Cause it’s in the news, not because of any proof… And that Safety Alert will be trumpeted as proof, otherwise the sagacious CG wouldn’t have issued it.

What is interesting is the lack of comment on maintaining a watch required by the rule ctony referenced. So does the lack of bullet point for that mean that wasn’t an issue?

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