9 bodies recovered from burned Oakland warehouse

“The roof has collapsed down onto the second floor, so we have to literally go in there piece by piece and move wood and timbers and debris in order to even get an assessment”, he said.

The Warriors will make the donation to the Unity Council, a nonprofit organization in Fruitvale. A moment of silence was observed.

Loved ones of those unaccounted for in the massive Oakland warehouse fire that broke out Friday night took to Facebook Saturday morning to search for them.

Kelly said the investigation will be slow, because of the state of the scene. Battalion chief Lisa Baker said crews found flames on three sides of the building.

Some of the missing are from overseas, making identification of the victims – thought to be in their 20s and 30s – more hard.

Here is an updating Google Doc listing the missing people. At least nine people died.

There were numerous violations against the building, and there were no permits issued for people to live in the building, officials said on Saturday.

There were only two ways out when a fast-spreading furious fire broke out during a festive gathering of artists on the second floor of a warehouse in Oakland.

“There’s a lot of damage to the building”. Nelson says this is the largest mass casualty they have prepared for since the 1989 Loma Prieta natural disaster.

“We tore down a fence so people could get out, but nobody came out”, he said.

“This is a devastating scene”, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a news conference Saturday afternoon. It also is home to increasing numbers of artists, musicians and others, of all races and ethnicities many of whom have been priced out of San Francisco. The Oakland Police Department is supporting the Oakland Fire Department as they are conducting their investigation into the fire.

With only two ways out of the inferno, it is now feared that as many as 40 people may have died, with authorities still searching for those unaccounted for.

Cities in California typically require a special permit for one-time-only events – such as weddings, art openings and concerts – in buildings not constructed for such activities, said development consultant Hamid Behdad, who supervised L.A.’s effort to convert commercial buildings to lofts and apartments.

Terry Ewing says his girlfriend was at the party and is missing.

At a sheriff’s station not far from the fire, about a dozen people were waiting on Saturday for updates from authorities. Lightfoot did not know the condition of the patient who remains hospitalized. Al Garcia, a local businessman, told The Guardian newspaper: “They called it the Ghost Ship, now it really is a ghost ship”.

USA officials are investigating whether squatters were illegally living in the San Francisco warehouse that erupted in flames overnight, killing nine people and leaving a further 25 missing during a rave party. Gray Area is also slated to hold a vigil starting at 6 p.m.at 2665 Mission St.in San Francisco. The building didn’t have a clear exit path, she said.

The building was still smoldering at midday Saturday. Ray Kelly said authorities were prepared to deal with 30 to 40 deaths.

Chief Deloach Reed said this clutter made it hard for people to escape.

Darin Ranelletti, of the Oakland Planning Department, said the city opened an investigation on November 13 and an investigator went to the premises on November 17 but could not get inside the building.

Mulé said he could see the flames clearly and that the blaze started inside the building. The fire department first responded at about 11:30 p.m. Friday night. That fire, which rapidly spread through the Oakland hills wiped out almost 3,500 homes, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “It was filled end-to-end with furniture, whatnot, collections”, Deloach Reed said.

There was a makeshift, rickety stairway made from pallets and other materials – and windows, with a leap to the ground.

The building was partitioned into artist studios.

The nine bodies were the most easily accessible ones, those that firefighters had initially identified, said Alameda County Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt.

Nine people have already been confirmed dead but at least another 25 are missing, according to Oakland fire chief Teresa Deloach Reed.

Mr Mule said he tried in vain to help someone who had an injured ankle.

The chief says it’s unclear what started the fire, but that there did not appear to be sprinklers in the building.