'Pawn Oakland deadly trap'

oakland - The old warehouse in the US Oakland, where Saturday in a fatal fire at least nine concertgoers were killed, was a deadly trap. So describe people who know the property. The building was full of furniture, campers and other household goods. There was also a wooden staircase pallets.

Firefighters described the building in their search for survivors as a 'labyrinth'. 'It was like a matchbox,' said a visitor at the LA Times. The fear is that the death toll still rising sharply. Still at least 25 people missing. The fire department has been working all night. A large number of bodies has been traced, but collapse many deaths can not be salvaged yet.

The building was used by an artist. According to unconfirmed reports, there was also inhabited. Local authorities informed that no authorization has been made for the concert. In the building no smoke detectors and sprinklers would have been provided. Stream had illegally tapped from a neighboring building.