Conception Fire Appears To Have Started in a Plastic Trash Can

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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 Los Angeles Times shows.

Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives built a full-scale mock-up of the middle deck of the 75-foot vessel in their quest to determine the fire's point of origin and cause. Burn tests concluded the blaze began in a rubbish container, and the testing showed that the boat's main salon was in flames within minutes. The report has not been publicly disclosed because of ongoing criminal and civil court proceedings involving the inferno....

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