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Hundreds Mourn Oakland Warehouse Fire Victims
The search through the debris from the fatal fire that ripped through a party in a warehouse last Friday continues as locals mourn.
People attend a vigil for the victims of the fatal warehouse fire in Oakland, California, on Dec. 5, 2016.
The California warehouse where at least 36 people died last week has been on regulators' radar for almost two decades, according to government records.
A woman holds flowers at a vigil for the victims, on Dec. 5.
A habitability investigation of the Oakland warehouse — which had been converted without permits into a hive-like artists' collective known as the "Ghost Ship" — was still pending when the building erupted in flames Friday night during a regular weekly party, according to government records.
Hundreds of people attend a vigil for the victims, on Dec. 5.
The vigil turned into a political confrontation Monday night as saddened, angry participants shouted down the city's mayor with obscenities and boos.

Emergency personnel stage in front of the site of the warehouse fire, on Dec. 4.
The death toll was expected to rise, as crews using buckets and shovels slowly made their way through the building, finding victims where they least expected them, Alameda County Sheriff's Sgt. Ray Kelly said.
Firefighters work inside the burned warehouse following the fatal fire, on Dec. 4.
Officials had still only cleared 70 percent of the building before they were forced to issue a temporary work stoppage due to the astounding amount of damage to the warehouse, which was full of art and had been used as a residential property — despite not having permits for people to live there.




