Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Ghost Ship fire in Oakland this month was the deadliest structural fire in the U.S. in more than a decade. Thirty-six people died, many of them young. The Ghost Ship was a crowded warehouse where many artists lived. The fire took place during a party on the second floor. A team from The New York Times has been digging into whether the city fell short in its duty to inspect buildings for fire safety. Thomas Fuller is one of the reporters on that story and joins us now. Thanks for being with us. THOMAS FULLER: Hi, Ari. You're welcome. SHAPIRO: There's a fire station less than 200 yards from the Ghost Ship, and you write that the warehouse may just as well have been invisible to the Oakland Fire Department. In what way should it have been visible? FULLER: Well, the Oakland Fire Department has a commercial inspection program, and there is confusion over exactly what should have been inspected or not because after the fire, the
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