The story and joins us live with what she has learned at the command post. Reporter the bureau is not expecting to find any more victims but are on stand by just in case. In the meantime the recovery work and the removal of the debris continues as the memorial also continues to grow. A crane positioned above the burnt out warehouse gives workers an aerial view of the site. Crews have combed through the majority of the building. And everything is saved. They did it in the world trade center. We saved all of the stuff. For a criminal investigation. Whatever investigation. Exactly. Every person who perished in this fire will be found in the building and removed and taken to the Coroners Office, without question. Reporter 36 victims have been found so far. The Coroners Office does not expect to find more. Where the fire happened remains closed to traffic and the general public. A memorial scattered around the perimeter continues to grow. On one side, a fivepage written letter to the victim
Cristina rendon at the scene now in down oakland. Cristina. The atf special agent in charge spoke with us this afternoon and she says it is still too soon to pinpoint what sparked the fire and the investigators will be looking at the appliances and any Electrical Equipment inside the warehouse as they search for more. Investigators continue the work on the warehouse and they are now 90 complete with debris removal and the victim number still stands at 36. This afternoon though fire crews began knocking down portions of the wall that are structurally unsound and focusing on the upper portions of walls that extended above and beyond the roofline. Fire crews made it clear that they had completely searched the area on foot and with cadaver dogs to make sure that the area was completely clear before they knocked the bricks inward and we do know that fire started in the back of the warehouse. We learned from the alameda sheriff that one source was the refrigerator that reportedly kept shorti
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
The Emergency Declaration clears the way for financial help from the state and federal government. The money will help pay for the massive response to the fire where it also allowed businesses to apply for reimbursement for lost revenue. The city council is set to consider the declaration on thursday. Right now firefighters are wrapping up their search of the building. They have located 36 victims and tell us all, but one has been identified. They say they have officially notified the families of 30 of the 36 victims. Our Team Coverage begins with ktvus ken wayne who is live at the scene with the very latest on the search for a cause of this fire. Ken . Reporter julie, the official cause of this fire is still under investigation, but authorities are zeroing in on the area where they believe the fire started and what may have caused it. Investigators are focusing on a back wall of the building where appliances, specifically a refrigerator were located. Authorities say one person who esc