his name is michael rosen, it was his first time at the warehouse. michael, you described the place as a tinderbox. can you tell us more about what you saw inside. a ton of kind of wooden elements to the space, there's literal rooms that were kind of constructed out of antique wood. it was just very clear that the space was very much constructed of wood, very much kind of, you know, primed for something, if something -- if a tragedy were to happen, the elms were in place for it to happen, yeah. >> michael, you and your friends stepped outside for a little bit erupted but you were on the second floor in the loft where so many of the victims were found, the roof had collapsed. how tough was it to get up that staircase to the second floor? >> yeah, i mean, it wasn't, you know like climbing a mountain or something but, yeah, it was certainly an unstable experience. it's a very steep incline and there wasn't much to latch your feet on to. >> gives you a sense of how difficult it may have been for people up on the second floor to get down and out in time. a

another person who was there whose name is michael rosen, was -- he published his first person accounte daily beast describing what he saw on the inside. he called it a tinderbox in this first person account. he also said it was cluttered. there was dry wood on the wall. and we talked to michael by phone. he did not want to discuss this with us on camera, and neither did the other two people who were there with him, but all say they are still just shocked and craned by what happen -- drained by what happened there as many of us are. a lot of these victims are young people. a lot of families out there still have no information about what may have happened to them. we know several dozen people have been accounted for, but there's still a lot who have not. live in berkeley, abc7 news. back to you. >> thank you. for more about the fire recovery, head to our website. we have photos of people reported missing by their loved ones and information about how to help families of the victims. that's abc7news.com or the free abc7 news app. >>> still to come. >> they were the last two that they know

michael rosen, who was a staff writer at the californian, a sports columnist, shared a first person accountdaily beast. he talked about his place, in his words, was a tinderbox on the inside with clutter and lots of food. -- lots of fuel there. he tried to go up to the second floor on a steep board that was very slippery. the only way he could get up there was to put his feet into the notches cut into the board or otherwise it was so steep he would have fallen down. it is a very devastating time for all involved. none of them wanted to go on camera with us. i talked to mr. rosen by phone, and he explained how he was just tired, praying, and so sad because of what happened there. once again, there are up to three students from u.c. berkeley unaccounted for. after the fire one of them, vanessa, her family is pleading with anyone with information about her to contact authorities and have authorities contact them. from the u.c. berkeley campus, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> interesting information. we hope for the best for those students. if you haven't already, this is a good time to down road ou

michael rosen, who was a staff writer at the californian, a sports columnist, shared a first person accountlked about his place, in his words, was a tinderbox on the inside with clutter and lots of food. he tried to go up to the second floor on a steep board that was very slippery. the only way he could get up there whose was to put his feet into the notches cut into the board or otherwise it was so steep he would have fallen down. it is a very devastating time for all involved. none of them wanted to go on camera with us. i talked to mr. rosen by phone, and he explained how he was just tired, praying, and so sad because of what happened there. once again, there are up to three students from u.c. berkeley unaccounted for. after the fire one of them, vanessa, her family is pleading with anyone with information about her to contact authorities and have authorities contact them. from the u.c. berkeley campus, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> hopefully those families will get some good news. if you were like me, you woke up with so many notifications on your phone about what happened while you were s

. >> and michael rosen was another person from u.c.ly cal who just spoke on "good morning america." he described the place as a tinderbox. >> when you walk in, there was a ton of kind of wooden elements to the space. there's literal rooms that were constructed oust of antique wood. it's clear the space was very much constructed of wood. that if a tragedy were to happen, there were the elements in place for it to happen. >> rosen said he and his friends stepped outside just before the fire erupted to go to the store, and when they got back, this is what they saw, that smoke and flames billowing from the building. >> there has been a lot of information come from the news conferences. the next one is at 1 11:00 a.m. when it happens we will let you know on our news app and do a push alert so you are aware it's happening. from there you can watch it from your phone if you don't happen to be at your tv. we will also have it live and streaming on our website at 11:00 a.m. or when they start the news conference. >> now your accuweather forecas