Inspectors. The fire chief says that the owner never applied for any permits such as change of use or occupancy that would have led to a fire inspection. All of these things would trigger us going into the fa sill to do an inspection and in this case we have no records of any of those things being conducted. She says that her department has no staff to regulate the parties like the ghost ship. You have a situation of what some are calling a popup party, an underground party where folks are coming together and they are not applying for special permits. Officials say that they are working to close gaps to prevent a tragedy like this happening again. The criminal investigation is continuing. Alameda District Attorney nancy omaley could pursue charges that include manslaughter or murder. We will work as efficiently as we can but not sacrifice the integrity of the investigation or the analysis to try to get to an end result before we are ready. Now once the atf and oakland fire complete the
Was passionate about music. Myca danemeyer lived with his girlfriend and had moved in the day before. And a 34yearold jennifer described by friends as beautiful and fashionable and 20yearold mick Cayla Gregory of South San Francisco among the dead. Some of the loved ones were allowed to visit today. They were escorted by authorities and by grief counselors. Oakland Police Chaplain reverend jason was there support the families. Back now to where the fire may have started as we mentioned tonight they are looking at the possibility that it began in a refrigerator in the back of the building. Cristina rendon is on the scene with more of the investigation. Cristina. Well at p investigators say they will be looking at all appliances and Electrical Equipment as they search for a source. But right now it is too soon to pinpoint the exact cause. The report that this could be from a refrigerator came to us from the Alameda County sheriff. He learned that the fire came from a refrigerator that ke
Flowers here to be quite honest but that the aroma from the Fresh Flowers has completely overtaken the smell of the fire. A beautiful site to see. Many people coming by to give prayers and send condolences to the many victims. We got a chance to hear about their lives today. For some those precious memories are cherished in the place that felt the most like home. For noel that place was high wire coffee in berkeley. Both of these guys were so full of care and full of love. Noel did not just lose one friend, she lost two in friday nights fire. The three of them worked together at high wire until recently. Emily decided it was time for a change. She was going to move to brooklyn, plans to move there and was really focusing on her poetry and her writing. Donna was a barista scheduled to work saturday morning but never showed up. And trying to find donna, the first person i reached out to was noinging that she was close to donna and i found out from another barista they had plans to go out