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Where the steel is actually twisted, and wrapped in the back of the building. we can see fire spread. atf and our local investigators feel very strongly that they have identified the section of the building that is the area of origin. >> is it some sort of kitchen or anything that we know of that could give us a clue? >> it appears to be the back of the building where we imagine the artist's collective was on the first floor and potentially during the concert the dance floor was just above. >> any idea what kind of fire could make the steel do that? does it have to burn at an especially high t...

Investigators expect the death toll to climb as they sift through the charred ruins of the building. a criminal investigation now under way but the search for more bodies is on hold for now. cnn's stephanie elam in oakland with more. >> reporter: officials say they have searched through 70% of the warehouse. however, they had to stop around 10:00 p.m. local time last night because there was fear that part of the building would collapse. about 45 minutes or so, structural engineers are expected to show up and they will start shoring up this building to make sure it is safe to re-enter. they are...

The confirmed number right now is nine. but with you know fire krurs as well as personnel from the coroner's office have been inside the building over an hour and pulling out bodies. so we would expect more of that information to come forward in terms of the number of people dead. this was such a horrific situation, yet people gathering for a holiday party, live music up on the second floor, about 50 to 100 people there enjoying the evening and the flames broke out at 11:30 at night. that's when the call came in to 911. we know we're talking about a 10,000 square foot warehouse. you talked abo...

Been some reports that there had been a number of those wildly popular tourist destinations in gatlinburg, those ski resorts, a number of them had been destroyed, burned to the ground. are you aware of any of those reports or are you aware if that's true or not? >> yes. i really don't want to speak for gatlinburg. they've got their own press. but i do know over gatlinburg, the ski resort is in tact and ripley's emporium is in tact and pigeon forge, dollywood is protected. there's very little damage there at dollywood. they'll probably release their own information soon about plans to reopen an...

Buildings a few years ago had a similar type of aluminum composite surface material. we don't know if that's exactly what was here but everything points to plastic as part of this -- again, this exterior service of being the culprit of why the fire spread so quickly. >> that's interesting. i know you're not saying this definitively, but that would explain a lot of things because they say, dubai authorities, that the fire was on the exterior of the building. not only on the inside. and it really spread quickly. like there was something flammable on the outside fueling this. >> yes. there were r...