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Oakland Warehouse Fire Victims Were Consumed By Smoke Before They Could Escape

(OAKLAND, Calif.)— The fire that killed 36 people during a party at an Oakland warehouse started on the ground floor and quickly raged, with smoke billowing into the second level and trapping victims whose only escape route was through the flames, federal investigators said Wednesday. “The occupants were consumed by smoke before they could get out of the building,” said Jill Snyder, special agent in charge of the San Francisco office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. She also confirmed there were no sprinklers or fire alarm system in the building. Officials previously said recovery efforts at the site had ended with the death toll remaining at 36. Snyder reiterated that investigators were examining a refrigerator and other possibilities as a potential source of the fire but had not reached any conclusions.

 

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