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Oakland police bodycam video captures officer predicting danger 1 year before Ghost Ship fire

KGO

Monday, April 30, 2018

An Oakland Police officer who responded to a call at the Ghost Ship warehouse in 2015 predicted the fire danger there.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- An Oakland police officer who responded to a call at the Ghost Ship warehouse in 2015 predicted the fire danger there.

The officer can be heard in police body cam video obtained by the East Bay Times.
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"One spark and it will be all bad," said Officer Moises Palanco, commenting on conditions inside the warehouse a year before the deadly 2016 fire that killed 36 people.

PHOTOS: All 36 victims of Oakland warehouse fire identified

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

Police defended the officer saying they're not trained to identify fire hazards.
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Ghost Ship warehouse fire: 2 arrested in blaze that killed 36 in Oakland

The art collective warehouse erupted in flames during an electronic music party in December 2016.

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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