Report details death, panic in Oakland warehouse fire

More than six months after the Dec. 2 blaze at the warehouse that authorities said was illegally converted into living quarters, the Oakland Fire Department has released a 50-page report filled with harrowing details of death and panic as the flames and deadly smoke spread.

The warehouse had no sprinklers and an ad hoc electrical system of power strips and extension cords that drew "electricity from the body shop next door," Max Harris, the self-described "creative director" and second-in-command of the Ghost Ship, told investigators.

Lawyers for the men say they are scapegoats and that the building's owner Chor Ng, who denies knowledge that people lived in the warehouse, should face criminal charges.