TEENS, ARTISTS AMONG OAKLAND FIRE VICTIMS

OAKLAND, CALIF. Teenagers, the son of a sheriff’s deputy and young artists were among the dozens of people killed when a fire tore through a converted Oakland warehouse during a dance party.

The death toll from Friday night’s fire climbed to 36 Monday with more bodies feared buried in the rubble.

The victims included 17-year-olds and people from Europe and Asia, Alameda County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Ray Kelly said. It was the most lethal building fire in the U.S. in more than a decade, and more bodies are feared buried in the blackened ruins.

The laborious job of digging with shovels and buckets through the debris was suspended overnight because of a dangerously unstable wall but was set to resume.