An electronic dance medicine party came to a tragical end tardy Friday nighttime when a flaming broke out , allow for at least nine bushed and another 25 citizenry unaccounted for . The even was part ofGolden Donna ’s west coast tour — a disk jockey from Madison , Wisconsin . The fire burst out around 11:30PM in a Fruitvale district artist collective get laid as Ghost Ship , take custody of a two - story building on the 1300 block of 31st Avenue .
“ We still have to do a more thorough search of the building and we do n’t have a go at it the potential number of other victim , ” Fire Chief Teresa Deloach - Reedtoldthe East Bay Times .
Sgt . Ray Kelly , a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff ’s Office , told reportersin a press conference Saturday that they are “ prepared to deal with up to 30 to 40 deceased mass . ”
“ A majority of the fatalities were constitute up on the 2nd story . It must have been a very fast - go fire , ” Reedtold reporterson Saturday first light .
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— Oakland Firefighters ( @OaklandFireLive)December 3 , 2016
Three sides of the edifice get fire and its cap collapsed . 72 fireman arrived at the scene . They had “ to fight the blaze from alfresco because it was too live and too vivid for fire fighter to go inside the building,”accordingto Reed . The Oakland fire department describe that pot detectors had not been activated in the fire , and that the building had no sprinkler organisation . As of4:13am , they were still extinguishing the flames .
On theFacebook result pagefor the party , meeter are attempt to report for the missing , beam love to the injured and the dead — full of mail from menage members and friends concerned about their lie with I . They create a Google spreadsheet where the missing could be marked dependable , listing their identifying feature and the contact information of their loved ones . The Washington Postreportsthat of the 27 on the Google spreadsheet , one has been marked dependable and another two are in the hospital .
“ beg for all my friends who were at this show . Love to everyone bear upon . Lets make certain to gather to grieve and bring around together , ” one personwroteon Facebook .
Regarding the missing , Reedsaid , “ We do n’t know if any of them went someplace else , self - channelize to the hospital . We just do n’t jazz that at this clock time . ”
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Most of the deadened were find on the building ’s 2d floor , which you could only get to through a makeshift stairway build with a wooden board .
This is one of the most deadly single - bodily structure fires in Oakland ’s history .
Update 12/4/16 11:30 am : Officialsconfirmedon Sunday morning that the destruction bell has risen to 24 , and said they “ predict that the identification number of victim will rise . ”
[ East Bay Times , KTLA , Washington Post , The Daily Beast ]
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