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Is here watching the process, difficult for the crews on site that have to do the work of cleaning up and getting in there so they can identify, find bodies. it's really tough for officials who have to contact the families and let them know their loved one may have perished in the fire. >> nbc's steve patterson in california. thank you so much. again, 33 people now claimed as victims. still more than 50% of the building needs to be looked at. some of them, 17 years old or possibly younger in terms of victims there. we'll continue to follow the story. stay with us here on nbc. geico has a long ...

Possible. however, it's a very cumbersome process. [ inaudible ]. >> yes. we have spent a considerable amount of time at the assistance center. i know the mayor has been there very much all throughout the last two days with the family spending a lot of time with them as has the sheriff's office, fire department and numerous volunteers. most of the families are aware and they know their loved one is likely a victim within the instructu structure. >> go ahead, sir. [ inaudible ]. >> we have now started to recover and identify victims who are minors. we do have some children in the

In earnest as far as the excavation process. they bore through a huge hole in the west side of the facility. they started bringing massive machines in, backhoes, excavators to plow through, to start removing some of the debris. but the real work is being done by crews and people on the ground who literally have buckets, literally are taking pieces of this warehouse from the outside loading up buckets and removing safely so they can continue to get inside and do the work of identifying more bodies. that's grueling work, meticulous, arduous. at the end of the day, it's heartbreaking because thes...

[ inaudible ]. >> a is process that gets activated that preserves all these options. >> hold on one second, please. we're going to start from the left and work our way over. we'll make sure everyone gets some questions answered. okay? go ahead, sir. >> i wanted to ask the mayor -- [ inaudible ]. >> he said he felt this party should never have been allowed to happen. i want to ask you, should this party, event on friday night have been allowed to happen? >> everyone is understandably very emotional because of this incident, and i'm sure that many things are going to be said. many assumptions, m...

And go over a large tree. and there is this pile of leave -- >> hi, richard lui, msnbc headquarters. we're taking you live to oakland, the left-hand side of the screen. we're about to get another update from not only the mayor but other officials undergoing the tough process of understanding what has happened at the warehouse fire there in oakland, california. the death count at last we had heard from them, 30. let's listen in. >> at this point, the last number we gave out of deceased folks was 30. that has since moved up to 33. 33 victims of this fire thus far. we continue to work inside the ...