<span style="color: #222222;">Eight people died and more than two dozens went missing after a scuba diving boat caught fire and sank off the California coast. <br />'' <br />'' Coast Guard officials said, eight people were dead and 26 were missing after a 75-foot commercial diving boat erupted in flames near Santa Cruz Island, just west of Santa Barbara in southern California. <br />''<br />''The officials further said, the blaze and intense heat prevented them from breaching the vessel's hull to search for survivors before the craft sank. A dense fog further complicated rescue efforts. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told a news conference that four bodies of victims have been recovered so far.</span><br />