There were further rumors that a day after the incident smoke was again seen billowing from the boat, raising speculations that the corpses were again robbed and that a second fire was lit to burn the evidence; this in turn raised speculation that Public Security officials were involved.
更有傳聞指出，事發後一日，船身仍持續燃燒，懷疑海瑞號是再遭二次洗劫者放火焚屍毀跡，也因此傳聞有大陸公安或武警涉案。