OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA — At least 33 people are dead and many more unaccounted for, after a fire raged through a party in Oakland, California on Friday. <br /> <br /> <br />The San Francisco Chronicle reports that dozens of people were at a music party on the second floor of the Ghostship warehouse when the fire broke out. <br /> <br /> <br />Flames spread quickly throughout the structure — an artist space and residence cluttered with art and wooden furniture. The building wasn’t up to code and had no sprinklers or smoke detectors installed inside, reports the East Bay Times. <br /> <br /> <br />Survivors describe going down a rickety staircase made of wooden pallets, with smoke obscuring their sight halfway down. The first floor was a labyrinth, subdivided into rooms and similarly packed wall-to-wall with wooden artwork. <br /> <br /> <br />Some crawled blindly on the floor, trying to find a way out while choking on the thick smoke. The few who made it out reportedly did so with the help of a man yelling by the exit. <br /> <br /> <br />Many others remained trapped inside and likely perished in the blaze, which continued to burn for about five hours. <br /> <br /> <br />Authorities are still combing through the wreckage and are still looking into the cause of the fire.
