#BREAKING: At least 9 dead, 13 unaccounted for in overnight fire in Oakland at 31st Ave near international. https://t.co/Jzni1rpI9k pic.twitter.com/9IYxcu3d5S
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) December 3, 2016
(Thanks to Ritt Hewitt for alerting STATter911 to this incident.)
At least 9 people are confirmed dead and 25 others are unaccounted for in a three-alarm fire at a warehouse in Oakland where people were having a party .
The fire was first reported Friday night at 11:30 p.m., on 31st Avenue and International Boulevard.
#Developing – 9 dead, 13 missing in warehouse fire in Oakland, CA. @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/xf1FdIlQvj
— Jennifer Lindgren (@JenKLindgren) December 3, 2016
The building houses a group of artists and their studios, according to police.
There were about 50-people inside the building, according to firefighters.
Alameda County Sheriffs Dept.: 40 people feared dead in Oakland building fire where party was happening. #BREAKING #ABC7now pic.twitter.com/BWOyLtY95N
— Cornell Barnard (@CornellBarnard) December 3, 2016
31st Ave- #oakland @KTVU @kron4news @CBSSF @abc7newsbayarea @allaboutgeorge pic.twitter.com/OecGgnuF6s
— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 3, 2016
Most of the nine dead were found on the second floor, and another 25 people are unaccounted for, Fire Chief Teresa Deloach-Reed said.
Firefighters said it appeared that no smoke detectors were activated during the fire and there was no sprinkler system in the structure, the chief said.
It took an estimated four hours to bring the blaze under control. International Boulevard was closed between Derby and Fruitvale avenues.
When crews first entered to fight the fire, they were impeded by clutter, mostly furniture and art. “It filled end to end with furniture, whatnot, collections,” Deloach-Reed said. “It was like a maze almost.”
Crews found a “makeshift stairwell’ between the first and second floor, she said.
The Oakland fire chief provided an update on the deadly warehouse fire https://t.co/FrEOFxeW8w pic.twitter.com/Z4kIjdBXmR
— FOX News (Online) (@FOXcouk) December 3, 2016
#Breaking Oakland FD confirms 9 people dead, 13 unaccounted for at a building off 31st AV. #ABC7now pic.twitter.com/SYOahTNqGB
— Cornell Barnard (@CornellBarnard) December 3, 2016
