OAKLAND: At least nine people were dead and about 25 others were unaccounted for after a massive fire broke out during a late-night party in a warehouse in Oakland, California, the city’s fire chief said on Saturday. Fire officials were still trying to determine how the fire started, said Chief Teresa Deloach-Reed, who described the building as “huge.” She said the roof had collapsed, complicating efforts to recover bodies. The warehouse in the Fruitvale district housed units where people lived and worked. “There is a large majority of that building that has not been searched,” Deloach-Reed said during a press briefing. The page, which listed 355 others as interested in going, carried posts from people who were either missing or accounted for.

Source: New Strait Times December 03, 2016 16:54 UTC