What is 2016 Oakland warehouse fire?
The '''2016 Oakland warehouse fire''' was a fire in [[Oakland, California]] on December 2, 2016. At around 11:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, a [[fire]] started in a [[warehouse]]. The warehouse, known as Ghost Ship, had been changed into places for people to live and into an artist collective. Those changes were done without permits. At least 36 people died because of the fire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Toll in Oakland Warehouse Fire Rises to 36 as Search Continues|publisher=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/warehouse-party-fire-oakland-search.html?_r=0|access-date=December 7, 2016}}</ref> It was the deadliest building fire in Oakland history.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Toll Grows to 36 in Oakland Warehouse Fire|publisher=The Associated Press|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ed955fda627f4398a4f8c27009e7c58a/investigators-search-clues-fatal-fire-friends-mourn|access-date=December 7, 2016|archive-date=December 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205134731/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ed955fda627f4398a4f8c27009e7c58a/investigators-search-clues-fatal-fire-friends-mourn|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== <references/> [[Category:2016 in California]] [[Category:2016 fires]] [[Category:December 2016 events]] [[Category:Fires in California]] [[Category:Oakland, California]] [[Category:Building and structure fires in the United States]] {{multistub|US|history}}