Death toll grows to 36 in Oakland, Calif. warehouse fire

His girlfriend, Ara Jo, has not been seen since Friday night, when flames tore through a building known as the “Ghost Ship” during a dance party in the most lethal building fire in the U.S.in more than a decade. Schaaf said she was not authorized to say if a criminal probe was under way.

In a tweet Sunday evening from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Twitter account, the agency said it would provide resources and support to Oakland fire and police departments and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. “We brought some candles wrote some notes wrote some thing I think we all wish we had the chance to say”, said Gabriel Bibliowics, Oakland resident. Ray Kelly said Saturday. The Trans Assistance Project is raising funds to help with the funeral expenses of trans women who died in the fire.

Several people in the crowd have signs offering “free hugs”.

Officials have positively identified eight victims from Friday night’s devastating blaze. So you’re seeing a lot of people move in and the prices continue to go up, and there’s not great places for people with families to live and there’s not great places for artists to have space to be creative and have a place to live.

Oakland Police Department spokeswoman Johnna Watson didn’t immediately return calls for comment on Monday. Authorities opened an investigation last Sunday; however, they have not been able to determine how the fire broke out, according to the New York Times.

Safety concerns have temporarily halted recovery efforts.

City records show that the building had received a housing habitability complaint on November 14.

“There wasn’t a real entry or exit path”, she said.

The blaze caused the roof to collapse on to the second floor, part of which then fell through to the ground floor. It’s unclear how it started. Started by Oakland resident and artist Reina Lam, this fundraiser is less than $1,000 away from its goal and one of the few dedicated to survivors of the fire. The paper reports that it took about four hours to get the fire under control. Officials from Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco, where McGill attended, sent out a statement Monday confirming her death. One of the victims was a minor and that name won’t be released, she said.

They say the warehouse in Oakland is private property and without a warrant, or someone letting them in, inspectors’ hands are tied.

With numerous victims burned beyond recognition, families have been asked to preserve items that might contain their DNA to help identification.

Boudreaux identified the operators of the Satya Yuga collective as Derick Ion Almena and Micah Allison.

“Confirmed. Everything I worked so hard for is gone”. The message was widely criticized as insensitive in light of the deaths. Crews are still searching through rubble for bodies. Waukazoo said. When the girl took Waukazoo on a tour of the warehouse, Waukazoo saw that the place had no kitchen and that the family and tenants apparently shared one bathroom, where they used a hose to shower.

President Barack Obama on Monday offered federal aid to Oakland and California after the concert tragedy, saying in a communique that his administration is working “to make sure that authorities have everything they need as they continue response operations and investigate the cause of the fire”.

MORE: After Oakland fire, families of missing undergo agonizing waitThe warehouse is owned by Chor N. Ng, her daughter Eva Ng told the Los Angeles Times.

Drayton said Monday that “work on recovering more bodies was stopped just after midnight due to a “wobbly” wall that was leaning inward and making the situation too risky for firefighters to continue”, the Chron reports.

She said work would resume after structural engineers examine the site and come up with a plan. However, they did say that a section of the building that has significant charring is likely where the fire originated.