Some victims of Oakland warehouse fire identified

The death toll in the Oakland warehouse fire climbed to 36 Monday with more bodies still feared buried in the blackened ruins, and families anxiously awaited word of their missing loved ones.

But all recovery work was halted shortly after midnight after crews noticed that a parapet atop the building’s front exterior wall was leaning in.

Oakland city officials said they had received three complaints about safety conditions in the building before the blaze and would be releasing 30 years’ worth of public records related to the warehouse.

The space was operated by Derick Ion, the founder of the Ghost Ship Artist Collective, who used the space for his group. She said potential charges could range from involuntary manslaughter to murder. “We have delivered the unacceptable and horrific news of losing a loved one to seven of our families”. As of Monday morning, 11 of the dead had been identified, police said.

Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Tya Modeste said 36 bodies have been recovered and 26 of their families have been notified, while another nine bodies have been “tentatively identified”. Some were from elsewhere in the country and overseas.

“When we started this investigation, if you had told us that you would have 33 victims, we wouldn’t have believed you”, Kelly said. An electronic dance event called Golden Donna’s 100% Silk West Coast Tour was under way at the time.

Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo, who represents the Fruitvale district and lives a block from where the fire occurred, told the San Francisco Chronicle that the building ‘has been an issue for a number of years’.

“It blew out maybe 10 feet out of the entrance”, Nechodom said.

Sobbing at the memorial, an Oakland artist encouraged everyone to recognize the loss of so many talented and diverse people. Alex and Hannah were inside the Oakland warehouse where the deadly blaze started.

The area was furnished with a mix of overstuffed sofas and colorful carpets and featured a maze of side rooms and nooks. She says this is the most deadly blaze she’s encountered in her nearly two decades of service. The building was not equipped with fire sprinklers or smoke detectors. He pleaded no contest in Alameda County to a misdemeanor charge of receiving stolen property in a plea deal that saved him from facing a felony and was placed on probation until 2019.

Numerous victims were believed to be in their 20s and 30s, and the fire sent ripples of anxiety through the Bay Area’s large art and music community.

“Today our prayers go out to the people of Oakland, California in the aftermath of this weekend’s deadly warehouse fire – one of the worst fires in the state’s history”.