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Death toll from Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire rises to 30
Source: The Guardian
Death toll from Oakland 'Ghost Ship' warehouse fire rises to 30
Alan Yuhas in Oakland
Sunday 4 December 2016 20.29 GMT
Oakland officials on Sunday increased the death toll of a warehouse fire to 30 people, as recovery teams continued their search of the fragile, burned-out building where an unauthorized party became the scene of one of the worst disasters in the city’s history.
At an afternoon briefing, a spokesman for the Alameda county sheriff, Sergeant Ray Kelly, said 30 people had been confirmed killed and that investigators were still methodically “dissecting” the collapsed sections of the building, in the Fruitvale neighborhood.
“Not all families (of the deceased) are from inside the Bay Area or even from the state,” said police spokeswoman Johanna Watson, adding that some appeared to be from outside the US.
Earlier on Sunday, an unofficial list of those unaccounted for, compiled by friends and family searching for loved ones, still showed about 30 names.
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Alan Yuhas in Oakland
Sunday 4 December 2016 20.29 GMT
Oakland officials on Sunday increased the death toll of a warehouse fire to 30 people, as recovery teams continued their search of the fragile, burned-out building where an unauthorized party became the scene of one of the worst disasters in the city’s history.
At an afternoon briefing, a spokesman for the Alameda county sheriff, Sergeant Ray Kelly, said 30 people had been confirmed killed and that investigators were still methodically “dissecting” the collapsed sections of the building, in the Fruitvale neighborhood.
“Not all families (of the deceased) are from inside the Bay Area or even from the state,” said police spokeswoman Johanna Watson, adding that some appeared to be from outside the US.
Earlier on Sunday, an unofficial list of those unaccounted for, compiled by friends and family searching for loved ones, still showed about 30 names.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/04/oakland-ghost-ship-warehouse-fire-deaths-24
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...I could have lived my whole life and not known that.
This whole thing is a horrible tragedy. 
including Austin.
