California boat fire: Criminal probe launched with focus on possible safety lapses, sources say
by Richard Winton, Matthew Ormseth and Mark Puente, Los Angeles Times
Sep 09, 2019
2 minutes
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the Southern California boat fire last week that killed 34 people, with a focus on whether the operation violated maritime safety regulations, two law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
A team of federal investigators from the FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and U.S. Coast
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