Coonologist
2016-12-04 00:51:32 UTC
OAKLAND, Calif. At least nine people were dead and emergency
responders were searching for at least a dozen more in the ashes
of a fire that broke out at a converted warehouse hosting an
electronic music party on Friday night, the authorities here
said.
The emergency call for the fire in the Fruitvale neighborhood
came in around 11:30 p.m., officials said. Responders arrived to
find the small warehouse filled with heavy smoke and flames. The
bodies were found on the second floor of the building, Chief
Teresa Deloach Reed of the Oakland Fire Department said on
Saturday.
In my career of 30 years, I havent experienced something of
this magnitude, Chief Deloach Reed said.
The building had been converted into an artists studio and was
cluttered with furniture, statues and mannequins, she said. A
makeshift staircase connected the first and second floors.
The warehouse was hosting a party that was scheduled to last
until 4 a.m., and featured multiple electronic musicians,
producers and performers, as well as visual projections,
according to a Facebook page for the event. SECRET EAST OAKLAND
LOCATION ANNOUNCED DAY OF SHOW, the page said. More than 200
people had said they planned to attend the event.
On Saturday, the page had been turned into a hub for friends and
family members to post the names of the missing, which included
many of the artists and performers. Hi, I am here with the fire
inspector going through the list of missing names of
missing/safe, wrote one woman. I am requesting that you only
post in this thread their name and missing or safe next to it.
A spreadsheet distributed on the site listed identifying
information age, height, weight, hair color, tattoos and
contact numbers for many of those who were unaccounted for.
Investigators continued to search the building on Saturday
morning, its graffiti-marked facade blackened by smoke.
Chief Deloach Reed said there were no reports of smoke alarms
going off. At least two fire extinguishers were located inside,
she said.
Oakland is home to a community of artists who have flocked to
more affordable areas like Fruitvale and to other cities in the
East Bay Area, as rents in San Francisco have skyrocketed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/warehouse-party-fire-
oakland.html?_r=0
responders were searching for at least a dozen more in the ashes
of a fire that broke out at a converted warehouse hosting an
electronic music party on Friday night, the authorities here
said.
The emergency call for the fire in the Fruitvale neighborhood
came in around 11:30 p.m., officials said. Responders arrived to
find the small warehouse filled with heavy smoke and flames. The
bodies were found on the second floor of the building, Chief
Teresa Deloach Reed of the Oakland Fire Department said on
Saturday.
In my career of 30 years, I havent experienced something of
this magnitude, Chief Deloach Reed said.
The building had been converted into an artists studio and was
cluttered with furniture, statues and mannequins, she said. A
makeshift staircase connected the first and second floors.
The warehouse was hosting a party that was scheduled to last
until 4 a.m., and featured multiple electronic musicians,
producers and performers, as well as visual projections,
according to a Facebook page for the event. SECRET EAST OAKLAND
LOCATION ANNOUNCED DAY OF SHOW, the page said. More than 200
people had said they planned to attend the event.
On Saturday, the page had been turned into a hub for friends and
family members to post the names of the missing, which included
many of the artists and performers. Hi, I am here with the fire
inspector going through the list of missing names of
missing/safe, wrote one woman. I am requesting that you only
post in this thread their name and missing or safe next to it.
A spreadsheet distributed on the site listed identifying
information age, height, weight, hair color, tattoos and
contact numbers for many of those who were unaccounted for.
Investigators continued to search the building on Saturday
morning, its graffiti-marked facade blackened by smoke.
Chief Deloach Reed said there were no reports of smoke alarms
going off. At least two fire extinguishers were located inside,
she said.
Oakland is home to a community of artists who have flocked to
more affordable areas like Fruitvale and to other cities in the
East Bay Area, as rents in San Francisco have skyrocketed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/us/warehouse-party-fire-
oakland.html?_r=0