news4's jennifer bjorklund is live in oakland, california, with the latest from there and some of the stories of what jennifer? >> reporter: good evening. yes, the building is 85%, 90% clear now they say. they sifted through most of the debris there and they expect to be finished by midnight. they will not stop until everyone's accounted for. heartbreaking stories of loss coming out of memorials for the 36 confirmed dead here at the ghost ship, which is now a gutted hull. as flames chewed the warehouse late friday, people trapped >> reporter: she says the fire broke out next to her room. >> i wish i could give a reason why i'm alive and so many people aren't but i can't. >> reporter: the warehouse leased to derick almena three years ago was never meant to be a living space. he said it was meant to be a safe haven for them. >> if we made changes? i would like to say we made possibly could afford to do. >> reporter: a musician who was playing there that night stepped outside for a cigarette and watched as the fire exploded in front of him, his friends trapped inside. >> i just watched t