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Vigils for Ghost Ship fire victims held in SF, Oakland

By BY Jessica Christian • December 6, 2016 12:00 am
Leslie Landberg raises her hands during a moment of silence at the vigil held for the Ghostship fire victims at Lake Merritt on Monday December 5, 2016. Aleah Fajardo/ Special to S.F. Examiner
Leslie Landberg raises her hands during a moment of silence at the vigil held for the Ghostship fire victims at Lake Merritt on Monday December 5, 2016. Aleah Fajardo/ Special to S.F. Examiner

Friends, family and supporters gathered in both San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. Monday, December 5, 2016 at two separate vigils to remember the 36 people who died in Friday’s three-alarm fire that tore through a two-story warehouse party in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood Friday, December 2. Photos by Aleah Fajardo and Jessica Christian.

A woman cries during a vigil held for the Ghostship fire victims at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday December 5, 2016. Aleah Fajardo/ Special to S.F. Examiner

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A woman cries during a vigil held at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco, Calif. on Monday December 5, 2016 for the 36 people who died in the Ghost Ship warehouse party fire Friday, December 2. Aleah Fajardo/ Special to S.F. Examiner

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