Death toll in warehouse fire rises to 24, with more expected

Officials have confirmed that 33 people were found dead inside the site of the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire, and that number is expected to rise.

Crews estimate that due to the amount of debris inside, about 80 percent of the building remains to be searched.

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt.

The victims include 17-year-olds and people from Europe and Asia and range in age from their teens to 30-plus years old, Kelly said.

“We fervently hope that those who were injured will recover quickly and fully”, Dirks said in the email.

Like 9/11 in NY, few victims of the fire were taken to the hospital with injuries, he said.

Drayton emphasized the toll the fire has taken on the first responders as well as the victims’ family members and friends. The Alameda County District Attorney has activated a criminal investigation team to look into the history of the warehouse. “There’s no official word on the cause of the fire”.

Brown, the former mayor of Oakland, said in a statement that he and his wife, Anne, were saddened to hear about the deadly blaze.

“It was quiet, it was heartbreaking”, Melinda Drayton, battalion chief for the Oakland Fire Department, said of the search, which is still unfolding.

The inferno reduced the building to a smoldering skeleton, and Kelly said that weakened walls further complicated and delayed the recovery and identification process.

Drayton, a 19-year veteran of the department, said the fire was the most deadly conflagration in Oakland in memory.

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Officials said the roof collapsed onto the second floor, which was connected to the ground floor only by a makeshift system of wooden pallets. Some theorize that the warehouse was being occupied without a permit, while owner Chor N. Ng’s daughter Eva Ng maintains it was being used as an art collective not housing.

“If you were going there for a party, you wouldn’t be aware of the maze that you have to go through to get out”, said Danielle Boudreaux, a former frind of the couple who ran the warehouse.

“I just want to go over there”.

A Facebook post by Derick Ion lamenting the loss of his belongings but saying he was “blessed that my children and Micah were at a hotel safe and sound” drew a barrage of criticism online.

The building was designated for use as a warehouse only, according to the city. Ranelletti said the city was aware of reports that people were living there, but no permits had been issued for that objective. And so we’re really starting to get deeper into the building.

As a small, independent label with limited resources, 100% Silk relies on a loose network of its artists’ friends and like-minded creatives to find spaces in which to play shows, an arrangement Brown said is common in the realm of underground electronic music, where few artists or labels have large enough fan bases to work with “big-name” booking agents. Jerry Brown, offered their condolences; groups organized vigils; the A’s and Raiders made donations; and Facebook rolled out its Safety Check so people could inform family and friends about their condition.