Police are sorting through bodies found after a massive fire at a warehouse during a party in California.
BREAKING: Fire officials say at least 9 people die, 13 missing in blaze at a warehouse party in the San Francisco Bay Area.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 3, 2016
From the New York Times:
At least nine people were dead and emergency responders were searching for at least a dozen more in the ashes of a fire that broke out at a converted warehouse hosting an electronic music party on Friday night, the authorities here said.
The emergency call for the fire in the Fruitvale neighborhood came in around 11:30 p.m., officials said. Responders arrived to find the small warehouse filled with heavy smoke and flames. The bodies were found on the second floor of the building, Chief Teresa Deloach Reed of the Oakland Fire Department said on Saturday.
“In my career of 30 years, I haven’t experienced something of this magnitude,” Chief Deloach Reed said.
The building had been converted into an artist’s studio and was cluttered with furniture, statues and mannequins, she said. A makeshift staircase connected the first and second floors.
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— Oakland Firefighters (@OaklandFireLive) December 3, 2016
The Oakland fire chief provided an update on the deadly warehouse fire https://t.co/Pfo7Lht5ss pic.twitter.com/4GGCgz4lAy
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 3, 2016
At least nine dead after fire breaks out during party in Oakland warehouse https://t.co/CKKLXsVRBp pic.twitter.com/MExdDjLdDR
— ABC News (@ABC) December 3, 2016
At least 9 dead, 25 missing after huge blaze at #Oakland warehouse. https://t.co/QlKvMqSS0x [Video: @OaklandFireLive] pic.twitter.com/61MVZrX7pj
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) December 3, 2016
#Developing – 9 dead, 13 missing in warehouse fire in Oakland, CA. @CBSDFW pic.twitter.com/xf1FdIlQvj
— Jennifer Lindgren (@JLindgrenCBS11) December 3, 2016
I’ll update as more information is available.