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Death toll rises from California fire

Monday, December 05, 2016 - 01:37

Officials in Oakland say at least 36 people are known to have died in a weekend warehouse fire, with more bodies still to be recovered. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION). The confirmed death toll from a blaze that engulfed a converted warehouse during a dance party in Oakland, California, rose to 36 on Monday (December 5), the greatest loss of life from a U.S. fire in over a decade, as investigators sifted through charred ruins being treated as a crime scene. Authorities said they were certain to find more bodies in the gutted building and were still trying to account for some 50 people reported missing by loved ones, although Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern predicted the death tally would not climb drastically higher. He said three of the victims so far have been confirmed to have been from other countries-South Korea, Finland and Guatemala. He said their embassies had been notified. Deputy Fire Chief Darren White said his crews were removing debris with buckets, but that they were forced to temporarily suspend the search for more victims until they could shore up that area of the building. He said they expected to resume searching that area later in the evening. The cause of the fire, which erupted late on Friday in a sprawling two-story building leased to an artists' collective, has yet to be determined. One thrust of the investigation was expected to focus on possible safety violations at the site, which city officials said was already under investigation for reports of illegal construction. District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said fire investigators and a task force from her office were working with recovery teams inside the wreckage to preserve any potential criminal evidence as they comb through rubble for signs of victims and clues to origins of the blaze. She vowed to "leave no stone unturned" as her office worked to provide justice for the families of the victims.

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Death toll rises from California fire

Monday, December 05, 2016 - 01:37