OAKLAND, United States (AFP) – Fire crews in California worked into the night Saturday sifting through the remains of a warehouse gutted by a blaze during a rave party, with officials saying they fear the death toll could reach 40.
Relatives of dozens of people missing in the Friday night blaze in Oakland near San Francisco continued their anxious wait for news. Nine people are confirmed dead so far.
The rickety two-storey warehouse was used by artists as a living and work space but had no licence for this, officials said, nor for the electronic dance party under way when the blaze broke out. The cause was not yet known.
More details in Monday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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