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Dec 8
2016
Campus mourns five killed in Oakland warehouse fire
Still reeling from the Oakland warehouse fire that claimed 36 lives — including five people with ties to UC Berkeley — the campus community gathered today for a solemn vigil at Zellerbach Hall intended, in the words of Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, “to mourn, remember and celebrate those whose absence we are only now beginning to confront and accept.”
Dec 7
2016
Campus mourns five killed in Oakland warehouse fire
The official death toll from Oakland’s warehouse fire has been updated to include two UC Berkeley students, two recent graduates and a community volunteer at the campus radio station.
Nov 7
2016
Griffen Madden, Victim of Oakland Warehouse Fire, Recalled as Gifted by Berkeley Professors
Irina Kogel, who teaches Russian language, had Madden in classes twice at UC Berkeley. “He was the kind of student you would want to have,” said Kogel, who is now at Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts. “He was incredibly inquisitive and worked harder than he needed to. He always had a question about something.”
Dec 7
2016
UC Berkeley Student Vanessa Plotkin, Alumnus Griffin Madden Confirmed as Victims in Warehouse Fire
Plotkin and Madden have been identified as victims in the Oakland fire that occurred Friday, according to a press release issued by the city of Oakland on Tuesday night. The city of Oakland released the identities of seven victims Sunday and 10 victims Monday, which included UC Berkeley alumnus David Cline; Nick Gomez-Hall, who worked at Counterpoint Press in West Berkeley; and Donna Kellogg, who worked at Berkeley’s Highwire Coffee Roasters.
Dec 6
2016
Refrigerator May Have Caused Warehouse Fire
A refrigerator may have been the point of origin of the Oakland warehouse fire that has been confirmed to have killed at least 36 people including one UC Berkeley student, KTVU reported Tuesday. The autopsies already completed show that the victims died of smoke inhalation. UC Berkeley student Jenny Morris; campus alumnus David Cline; Chelsea Dolan, a DJ for campus radio station KALX who went by the moniker Cherushii; Em Bohlka and Donna Kellogg, who worked together at Berkeley’s Highwire Coffee Roasters and Nick Gomez-Hall, who worked at Counterpoint Press in West Berkeley have all been identified as victims of the fire.
Dec 6
2016
An Outpouring of Support in Oakland
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have poured into two principal fund-raising campaigns since the warehouse fire in the city’s Fruitvale neighborhood on Friday left at least 36 people dead. “We are overwhelmed with the amount of support,” said Josette Melchor, founder of Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco, which set up a fund-raising drive on Youcaring.com on Saturday.
Dec 6
2016
Investigators Find Area Where Deadly Fire Began
The death count from the Oakland warehouse fire remained at 36 Tuesday morning, and officials said they do not expect to recover more victims from the ruins of the building. the only areas of the building that still need to be searched are the rear-center of the building where investigators believe the blaze started late Friday night, and a small area in the front-left-corner of the structure that remains too unstable to safely search.
Dec 5
2016
UC Berkeley Student Identified as Victim of Oakland Warehouse Fire
UC Berkeley student Jenny Morris has been identified as a victim of the Oakland warehouse fire that took place Friday night, according to her friend, Christopher Jadallah.
Nov 4
2016
Oakland Warehouse Fire Statement from the Chancellor
Dear Campus Community, It is with profound concern and regret that I write to inform you that members of the Berkeley campus community are among those who remain missing in the wake of the devastating fire that consumed an event space in Oakland late Friday night. The most recent reports indicate that at least 30 lives were lost, with more hospitalized or still missing. .