Criminal charges brought against Ghost Ship pair
Derick Almena and Max Harris, who ran the converted warehouse as an artists' collective, have been arrested after being charged with involuntary manslaughter
News By | 6 June 2017
Two people have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deadly blaze at the Ghost Ship in Oakland, California, last December. Thirty-six people lost their lives on 2 December after the converted warehouse, home to a resident artists’ collective, caught fire.
Two people have been charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deadly blaze at the Ghost Ship in Oakland, California, last December.
Thirty-six people lost their lives on 2 December after the converted warehouse, home to a resident artists’ collective, caught fire. The building was described by fire officials as “maze-like and cluttered with objects, including wooden pallets”, and the blaze spawned a crackdown on similarly unlicensed performance venues in California.
Nancy O’Malley, the district attorney of Almeda County…
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