THE OAKLAND GHOST SHIP FIRE
Episode 232 | Historical Events
In this History episode we focus on the December 2nd, 2016 fire at the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland — thirty-six people killed at an underground music event in a building that had not been inspected by building code enforcement in thirty years. The city had received at least ten complaints about the property. An inspector visited three weeks before the fire and was unable to gain entry. The building had no sprinklers, no fire alarms, and a staircase made of wood pallets. The fire inspection bureau had eight inspectors for 26,000 properties.
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