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ATF: Ghost Ship fire started on 1st floor; no evidence of fire alarms

Wednesday, December 7, 2016
The ATF says the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire started on the first floor of the building and trapped people on the second floor. Officials said there was no evidence of fire alarms of sprinklers.
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- The ATF says the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire started on the first floor of the building and smoke trapped people on the second floor. Officials said there was no evidence of fire alarms or sprinklers in the building.

The ATF said the two stairwells in the building did not lead to exits.
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The cause of the fire is still under investigation, despite earlier reports of a refrigerator being a possible point of origin. There is no evidence of arson at this time.

Officials said this is the highest number of fatalities in a structure fire in the U.S. in the last 13 years.

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PHOTOS: Some of the victims of the tragic Oakland Ghost Ship fire
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The full list of victims of the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland, Calif. are listed here, and will be updated as more victim names are released.none
Billy Dixon, 35, from Oakland, Calif. was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Barrett Clark, 35, from Oakland was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Ara Jo, 29, from Oakland, Calif. was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Peter Wadsworth, 38, from Oakland was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Nicholas Walrath, 31, from Oakland was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Wolfgang Renner, 61, from Oakland, Calif. was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Griffin Madden, 23, of Berkeley, Calif. was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Jason McCarty, 35, from Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Jennifer Mendiola, 35, from Oakland, Calif. was identified as one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Joseph Matlock, known as Joey Casio, 36, from Oakland, Calif. is one of the victims of the Oakland fire.none
Benjamin Runnels, 32, from Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Chelsea Dolan, 33, from San Francisco, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Em Bohlka, 33, from Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Alex Vega, 22, from San Bruno, Calf. was a victim of the Oakland fire. His girlfriend, Michela Gregory, also died in the fire.none
Amanda Kershaw, 34, from San Francisco, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Hanna Ruax, 32, from Helsinki, Finland was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Denalda Nicole Renae, also known as Nicole Seigrist, 29, from Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Johnny Igaz, 34, of Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Vanessa Plotkin, 21, of Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Feral Pines, 29, of Berkeley, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Jennifer Kiyomi Tanouye, 31, of Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Jennifer Morris, 21, of Foster City, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Edmond Lapine, 34, of Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Alex Ghassan, 35, of Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
Michela Gregory, 20, of South San Francisco, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire. Her boyfriend, Alex Vega (right), was also a victim of the fire.none
Micah Danemayer, 28, of Oakland, Calif. was one of the victims killed in the Oakland fire.none
David Cline, 24 of Oakland, Calif. was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.none
Brandon Chase Wittenauer, 32, of Hayward, Calif.was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.none
Cash Askew, 22, of Oakland, Calif. was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.none
Draven McGill, the youngest victim confirmed so far, attended Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisconone
Nick Gomez-Hall, 25, of Coronado, Calif. was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.none
Sara Hoda, 30, of Walnut Creek, Calif. was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.none
Travis Hough, 35, of Oakland, Calif.was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire.none
Donna Kellogg, 32, Oakland, Calif. was killed in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that broke out late at night on Dec. 2.none


PHOTOS: A look inside the Oakland Ghost Ship collective warehouse
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
This photo of the Ghost Ship art collective warehouse in Oakland, Calif. was posted on its website.none
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