GOLDEN DONNA
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/goldendonna
Who needs sprinklers, smoke alarms, or other fire safety provisions? That’s bourgeois. Burning man, literally? (I do feel sorry for them though. I would not personally wish it on them.)
Many pictures of the missing at the link.
Must have been an interesting gathering.....
Horrible! There was probably also a lot of accelerant type of material used by artists (turps and other solvents, paints, etc).
No sprinklers. No smoke alarms. A makeshift stairwell. Clutter everywhere. Young pajama snowflakes taking drugs. What could go wrong?
Saw the news conference by a spokesman for that County’s law enforcement office.
They said 9 are definitely deceased but they are prepared for a “mass casualty” event - with the possibility of 25 or more additional dead. They are having the fire department stabilizer the building before they can get in and get a definite count of those who died. They also set up a hotline phone number so people who want to know about their relatives or friends can call in and find out anything they know so far.
However many it was, this is tragic to the nth degree.
My guess: Old warehouse. Probably never upgraded the old wiring, and had an overloaded electrical system.
My second guess freebasing drugs.
Hopefully, they can have another illegal rave to honor this one.
Get on dosing and dancing!
Another reason to avoid Oakland
Reminds one of that Rhode Island nightclub fire in 2003 - 100 dead. I care not what their political or social affiliation is/was, nobody deserves to be burned alive at a party.
This is a big deal. Is this being reported elsewhere?
A couple of their comrades: https://youtu.be/VsoVYStL6gQ
https://mobile.twitter.com/seungylee14/status/805122472567652352?p=v
This young man was there and writes his account of what he saw and heard. From what he saw, if those 25 really are missing, they did not make it out.
If you have ever wondered why the doors of public buildings always swing outward, this is why.
Authorities said they were preparing to deal with dozens of fatalities after a fire raced through a converted warehouse crowded with people attending a Friday night concert, officials said.
Nine bodies have been recovered, but Alameda County sheriff’s Sgt. Ray Kelly said officials were prepared for up to 40 fatalities.
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-92038303/
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At least nine people died and authorities said they feared the toll could rise as high as 40 in a fire that broke out during a rave at a converted warehouse in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Oakland fire chief Teresa Deloche-Reed said at least another 25 people were unaccounted for as of Saturday morning and authorities were working to verify who was in the cluttered warehouse when the fire broke out around 11:30 p.m. Friday.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-report-casualties-fire-warehouse-party-43947050
9 Killed in Oakland Warehouse Fire, Dozens More Feared Dead
A superb example of inept liberal government run amok. In CA they spend vast amounts of time and taxpayers’ money assuring AA, persecuting Christians, protecting illegal aliens from the law, and making sure illegal aliens vote to steal the country from its real citizens. Unfortunately, they seem unable to spend a small bit of the taxpayers’ money enforcing really important laws that actually save lives, like fire codes that require sprinkler systems and smoke alarms.
This i horrible.
Well Fire Chief Theresa and the city should be sued by the families of the victims because it is the responsibility of the fire department and the city to ensure that the fire codes are adhered to, and if not to levy fines until the property owners are in compliance.
Did they have a safe space to access?????? \sarcasm
“...the two-story building that is known as an artists enclave called The Oakland Ghost Ship.”
Please, remind me never to go to a party on a Ghost Ship.
May these poor people rest in peace and may their families be comforted. Very dreadful.