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DISASTERS: FIRES :
DEATHS :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA:
Oakland Warehouse Fire: 'Ghost Ship'
Sailed Through Regulators' Fingers for Years
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Oakland Warehouse Fire: 'Ghost Ship'
Sailed Through Regulators' Fingers for Years
by ALEX JOHNSON, ANDREW BLANKSTEIN and STEPHANIE GOSK
December 5 2016, 9:00 PM ET
NBC News
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oakland-warehouse-
fire-ghost-ship-sailed-through-regulators-fingers-years-n692306
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The California warehouse where at least 36 people died last week has been
on regulators' radar for almost two decades, according to government
records.
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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.
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The records show that the city was looking into a complaint alleging an
"illegal interior building structure" at the warehouse, a two-story,
86-year-old building taking up almost 10,000 square feet.
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It's just one of at least 10 complaints that have been recorded against
the site, which includes an adjoining vacant lot, since the Ng family
began purchasing the properties in 1997, according to Oakland and Alameda
County records.
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And yet, the warehouse somehow was allowed to remain open.
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Russell Megowan, 28, who once lived in the warehouse, described the site
to NBC News as "a whole maze to get through," crammed with wooden objects.
He said he moved out because it was "too sketchy to continue to stay
there."
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Oakland Fire Department Operations Chief Mark Hoffman said a single wood
staircase was the only way to get between the two floors. Fire crews were
unable to reach the second floor because of the blaze, he said. There
appeared to be no fire sprinklers, he said.
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Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Monday that it
remains too early to determine whether criminal charges are appropriate.
But she said possible charges could include involuntary manslaughter to
murder.
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The couple who ran the warehouse, Derick Almena, who goes by the name
Derick Ion, and his wife, Micah Allison, said they are being blamed for
the fire unfairly.
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"We've done everything we could possibly afford to do, Allison told NBC
News on Monday.
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The Ng family said in a statement: "We are also trying to figure out
what's going on like everybody else. We're sorry to hear about the
tragedy. Our condolences go out to family and friends."
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