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Owner And Artist Who Survived Oakland Fire Under Attack After His Insensitive Remarks

AcinaDec 7, 2016, 9:33:13 PM
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Derick Ion Almena angered people on social media when he posted on Facebook paying no attention or concern to the many people who lost their lives at his warehouse.

Derick Ion Almena angered people on social media when he posted an uncouth message on Facebook. In it, he stated that he worked so hard to create his warehouse and that he was left "standing in the poverty of self worth." He paid no mind to the many people who lost their lives that day because his warehouse was not up to code.source/Richard Hartley-Parkinson - Metro.co.uk

The Ghost Ship was an artistis illegal commune in Oakland, California, where at least 18 artists used the building as a place to work and there was an open space that acted as a party venue and for art performances.

Despite the building being a warehouse with no permits for people to live there it is believed many of the artists  were  also living in the warehouse making it unfit for living conditions.  With its elaborate furniture and exhibits scattered throughout the building it is clear why a blaze would have spread so quickly and to have hampered the evacuation for so many.

"Multiple people warned Derick that it was a death trap, but he would laugh it off.'

Web photos of the artist enclave Ghost Ship Warehouse before the fire  

Many of the artists that worked out of the Ghost Ship were believed to have been living in the space, despite there being no permits allowing them to do so. There was no hot water, heating, or a kitchen, making it completely unfit as a living space.facebook/Lilian Kim

A former friend of Almena revealed that on numerous occasions firefighters warned him that the warehouse was considered a death trap and unfit to be used as a professional venue, but he shrugged it off. 

With its elaborate furniture and exhibits scattered throughout the building, other survivors of the fire noted that escaping the warehouse alive proved to be much for troublesome because of the layout.facebook/Blog do Juá

Almena has since deleted his Facebook post, but has yet to issue another statement regarding the lack of concern for his ignorance that cost 33 people their lives.

Almena has since deleted his Facebook post, but has yet to issue another statement regarding the fire (or the ignorance that cost people their lives).facebook/OIGETIT

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