OAKLAND, Calif. - On the five-year anniversary of Oakland's Ghost Ship warehouse fire, a heartbroken mother came to the site Thursday evening."It's a grief, it's a forever situation, it doesn't go away," said Emilie Grandchamps, whose son Alex Ghassan died with 35 others in the inferno on Dec.
2, 2016.The fire started during a dance party at Fruitvale district warehouse which had been illegally converted into an event venue and living space.Three dozen people died on the second floor when the flame and smoke of an electrical fire made it impossible for them to escape. "Our children were burned alive and suffocated and at times your imagination goes there, wondering what your child felt like," said Grandchamps.In the days after the tragedy,.