Derrick ion, and we do have a criminal Investigation Team on the site, the fire has prompted the mayor of oakland to call for a review of how they handle buildings like this. Vigils are being planned today in San Francisco and oakland. We spoke with the man whoent ready the ghost ship for the party and concert. He is staying at a he tell in downtown oakland where we find our reporter. Yes, good morning, we are standing outside the Oakland Marriott city center this morning. We learned last night that ian has actually been staying here. Last night and abc cruise call up with Derrick Ian Alameda here in downtown oakland. He founded the ghost ship clintonive and ran it at warehouse investigation. There are a lot of questions involving ian. This is what he had so say last night, his worrieds only on abc7. People are wondering. [ inaudible ] they are my children, my friends, my family, my love, my future. What else and i say . People would work for ian say he was warned several times about t
They give you a glimpse of who they were, how they lived, what they stood for and why they are being mourned tonight. Raj is joining us with the latest developments. Obviously as you look out there still lit up, very active scene. Indeed it is. Not just active but intense. To give you an idea of how intense it is here and how many are working an the clock, 16 to 20hour shifts from the fire crews, the investigators, local and federal agents literally nonstop since this happened on friday. We expect it to continue this way for the next 48 hours. A few minutes ago, we did receive confirmation from the local District Attorney here in Alameda County this is now officially a criminal investigation but ultimately about the lives lost here. Thats the most important thing about this tragedy thats unfolded. Lets tell you the latest and what is surrounding me right now. 31 ast at international. A steady stream of people. Across the bay area. Last night we were here, as well. It was maybe 20 to 30
Heres what we know right now. So far. 33 bodies have already been recovered from the building. And about 2 hours ago. Officials released the names of 7 victims. An 8th victim has been been identified but the name is not being released by cause that person is a juvinile. Only 17 years old. And sheriffs also officials confirm today that one of the deceased is the son of a Alameda Coutny sheriff deputy. We have a team of reporters that has been working this story from the beginning. We start tonight. With kron 4s dan kerman who is live at the warehouse where the search continues. And the investigation has taken on an added dimension. R tonight eight of the 33 victims recovered in the warehouse fire have been positively identified. One the victims is a 17yearold whose name will not be released. But we do have the names of the seven others just identified. Here they are will death toll could climb significantly in the meantime the ill me that officials are moving closer logical investigatio
Responsibility and reflect on what happened here and make sure this like never, ever happens again. A community looking for answers. And grieving tonight as we are now able to put faces to the names of some of the victims. Good evening. Im jr stone. 8 families have gotten the grim news that they did not want to hear, a loved one who died in the fire. But there are many other loved ones waiting to hear. Here is what we know so far, again, 33 bodies have been recovered from the burning building. The officials identified 8 victims. One of them a 17yearold. The officials have not officially released his name but we learned he is a San Francisco High School Student. Fire Officials Say 33 people confirmed dead, several appear to be between the ages of that 17yearold and their early 30s. Some of the victims are from other countries such as europe and asia and as of it this afternoon they had only gone through 40 of the building. A criminal investigation has been launched, we now know, by the
Out of the folks was 30. That since moved up to 33. The Sheriffs Department with the grim news that the death toll in the oakland warehouse fire climbed up to 33. 8 of whom have been identified. And the age of the victims is younger than originally thought. We have now started to recover and identify the victims who are minors. We do have some children it in the ages of 17 years old. Possibly younger. Recover efforts are continuing aroundtheclock. As of cent afternoon crews had searched just 3540 of the building. Victims were not clustered in the area. With found victims in the warehouse. If you take the if you take the warehouse from above and you look at it as a box we broken that box into four pieces and each team is working each section. So we found victims in every section. That suggests as the crews make their way through the building the death toll could climb significantly. In the meantime, county officials are moving closer to launching a criminal investigation into this fire.