Two men facing 36 involuntary manslaughter charges for the 2016 fire at Oakland's Ghost Ship warehouse should soon learn their fates, as a jury continues deliberations following a monthslong trial
Two men facing 36 involuntary manslaughter charges for the 2016 fire at Oakland's Ghost Ship warehouse should soon learn their fates, as a jury continues deliberations Thursday following a monthslong trial.
Prosecutors allege the warehouse's leaseholder, Derick Almena, and Max Harris, who helped collect rent and acted as creative director for the art collective housed at the 10,000-square-foot facility, are responsible for the deaths resulting from the blaze. It is one of the deadliest nightclub fires in US history and the deadliest American nightclub fire since The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island, erupted in flames in 2003. 'use strict';CNN.Videx=CNN.Videx || {};CNN.Videx.
Fire victim's mom: You can't imagine the loss 02:20Almena, 49, and Harris, 29, allowed more than two dozen people to live in the dilapidated building, stacked large quantities of flammable materials from floor to ceiling and deceived officials and building owners, prosecutors said in announcing the charges two years ago. They also held music parties there. The fire came during one such event -- an electronic dance party on December 2, 2016.
'Ghost Ship' manager's emotional apology 01:05"It is relevant that they weren't trained to understand what the fire code dictated," Smith said. The lawyers also claimed that police, firefighters and other officials visited the building prior to December 2016 and never told Almena nor Harris that there were unsafe conditions or code violations, according to KPIX.
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