California IN BRIEF : SAN DIEGO : 3 Victims of Boat Fire Identified

The medical examiner’s office identified the three victims of a weekend boat fire as a deputy San Diego County counsel and an El Cajon resident and his father. David Bruce Florance, 36, of San Diego, who had been a deputy county counsel for about two years, died after being airlifted to UC San Diego Medical Center, U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Ed Heilbrun said. Najem Youssef Atme, 67, and his son, Kamal Najem Atme, 35, an El Cajon structural engineer, were pronounced dead at the scene, the coroner’s office said. Najem Atme was visiting the United States from Lebanon. All three died of smoke inhalation, a coroner’s report said. They had been sailing 2 1/2 miles south of Point Loma on the 52-foot sloop La Gitana on Saturday afternoon when a fire erupted below deck.