‘Huge failure’: 80 percent of Oakland firefighter warnings of unsafe buildings go unchecked

In what an expert calls a “huge failure,” hundreds of residential and commercial buildings across Oakland were never inspected after firefighters flagged fire dangers and referred them for followup, including more than 200 apartment buildings housing thousands of residents, an investigation by the Bay Area News Group has found.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times