laura? reporter: we ve heard about which city agencies may or may not have visited before the fire. today, we ve learned that one county agency may have been inside of the warehouse several days ago. he hired me for sek tie this man did not want his identify revealed for fear of retribution but told us he he worked as recently as thursday doing security and odd jobs. he says a social worker was inside of the warehouse just days before the fire to check on the children of the founder. were they upstairs? down stairs? the cps would not confirm nor deny such a visit. the man told us there was a fire inside of the building last week. we see flames and your heart just drops. as for fire inspections, abc 7 news learned regular inspections were not done for at least a decade. i don t have an answer to that. we have to look to see what is missed and what information did we not receive that caused this not no happen. we don t have that. the mayor and other city leaders
died. she was also known as alana cane, she was a psychology phd student. they were told she died without suffering from smoke inhalation. her boyfriend also died in the fire. also joey matlock died in the fire, described as a philosopher of electronic music. friends say he was the enterelest l aum people. the city council voted to ratify a local state of emergency because of the shoeftship fire. it will allow local businesses to ask for financial relief from the federal small business administration. the city council member says many need the help. i am learning today that the businesses are under insured, fragile in terms of working capitol and may cover for economic injury loans. artists whose work were destroyed in the fire are also eligible for federal assistance. laura? reporter: we ve heard about which city agencies may or may not have visited before the fire. today, we ve learned that one county agency may have been inside of the warehouse several days a