Crime & Safety
Oakland Warehouse Fire Latest: List of All 36 Victims
BREAKING: All of the families have been notified following Oakland's deadliest fire in history.

OAKLAND, CA — One week after the deadliest fire in Oakland history, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office’s Coroner’s Bureau has notified all 36 families of the victims.
Here is the complete list of the victims of the fire, as identified by the coroner's bureau. The 17-year-old victim was identified by his school principal:
- Cash Askew, 22, Oakland, Calif.
- Jonathan Bernbaum, 34, Berkeley, Calif.
- Matthew Bohlka, 33, Oakland, Calif., who lived her life as Em Bohlka
- Barrett Clark, 35, Oakland, Calif.
- David Cline, 24, Oakland, Calif.
- Micah Danemayer, 28, Oakland, Calif.
- Billy Dixon, 35, Oakland, Calif.
- Chelsea Dolan, 33, San Francisco, Calif.
- Justin Fritz, 29, Berkeley, Calif. who lived her life as Riley Fritz
- Alex Ghassan, 35, Oakland, Calif.
- Nicolas Gomez-Hall, 25, Berkeley, Calif.
- Michela Gregory, 20, South San Francisco, Calif.
- Sara Hoda, 30, Walnut Creek, Calif.
- Travis Hough, 35, Oakland, Calif.
- Johnny Igaz, 34, Oakland, Calif.
- Ara Jo, 29, Oakland, Calif.
- Donna Kellogg, 32, Oakland, Calif.
- Amanda Kershaw, 34, San Francisco, Calif.
- Edmond Lapine, 34, Oakland, Calif.
- Griffin Madden, 23, Berkeley, Calif.
- Joseph Matlock, 36, Oakland, Calif.
- Jason McCarty, 35, Oakland, Calif.
- Draven McGill, 17, Dublin, Calif.
- Jennifer Mendiola, 35, Oakland, Calif.
- Jennifer Morris, 21, Foster City, Calif.
- Vanessa Plotkin, 21, Lakewood, Calif.
- Wolfgang Renner, 61, Oakland, Calif.
- Hanna Ruax, 32, Helsinki, Finland
- Benjamin Runnels, 32, Oakland, Calif.
- Nicole Siegrist, 29, Oakland, Calif.
- Michele Sylvan, 37, Oakland, Calif.
- Jennifer Kiyomi Tanouye, 31, Oakland, Calif.
- Alex Vega, 22, San Bruno, Calif.
- Peter Wadsworth, 38, Oakland, Calif.
- Nicholas Walrath, 31, Oakland, Calif.
- Brandon Chase Wittenauer, 32, Hayward, Calif.
According to a written statement from the coroner's bureau, "The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office’s Coroner’s Bureau is identifying the victims to the public by the names their families ask for, and will note the legal name, if different, on the official death certificate worksheet, according to law. They are consulting with an LGBT diversity consultant to assist in appropriate gender identification."
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An advocacy group for the transgender community reports that Fritz also went by the name Feral Pines.
No new announcements have been made about possible charges related to the fire.
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An official cause of the fire has not been released by the ATF. A spokeswoman said earlier this week that it may take weeks before the cause is determined. It was announced today that a refrigerator was not the cause.
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