2 WA Men Among Missing In Oakland Warehouse Fire: Report

OLYMPIA, WA - Two men with ties to Washington are among those missing after a fire tore through an artist's collective during a rave Friday night in Oakland, Calif.

The Olympian newspaper is reporting that Joseph Matlock and Edmond Lapine are the names of the two men among those missing.

Matlock is a musician who goes by the stage name Joey Casio, the newspaper said. He recorded with Olympia's K Records, a notable Pacific Northwest label founded by musician and producer Calvin Johnson. Nirvana founder Kurt Cobain had a tattoo of the label's logo on his left arm.

Read the full story from The Olympian here.

"On the Evening of December 2, the artists collective studio/gallery Ghostship in Oakland, CA was the scene of a horrific fire during a performance," the label posted on Facebook Monday. "Unfortunately dozens perished in this tragedy and dozens more are still missing including Joey Casio, who recorded several singles for K. We are donating copies of Joey Casio singles to raise money for the Ghostship Fire Relief Fund."

Lapine was a 2008 graduate of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, according to the Olympian. According to Lapine's Facebook page, he attended high school in the Salt Lake City area. He was also a member of a Facebook group for residents of the Lake Merritt neighborhood in Oakland.

By Monday afternoon, officials said that they had recovered 36 victims, but still had parts of the warehouse to search. The fire broke out on Friday at 11:30 p.m., and was so intense that firefighters could not safely enter to put the fire out. Alameda County Sheriff Greg Ahern said Monday that 33 of the recovered victims have been tentatively identified; 15 families have been at least tentatively notified, and another five notifications are pending. Just seven names have been officially released.

Recovery efforts had stopped overnight because of concern for first responders' safety. However, operations resumed at 9 a.m. Monday.

Read Patch.com's ongoing coverage of the Ghost Ship fire here.

Image of the Ghost Ship fire taken Friday night