Pictures of this place on the inside, it was a tinder box waiting for a match
http://www.oaklandghostship.com/
It is not that the place is old and made of wood. Many old buildings of character are and should not be torn down because of it. Most of those buildings I go into have visible evidence of smoke detectors and sprinkler systems even though it is not in keeping with the original architecture. Alternate ingress and egress are added also rarely blending with the original architecture. Exit signs are clearly visible. All these things should have been in that building. If city officials were looking the other way, they were culpable. The loss of life is sad.
Look at all that WOOD!
OMG that place was a box of matches!
And where would you turn with the first puffs of smoke?