Prosecutors will retry a man accused of involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 Oakland warehouse fire that took the lives of 36 people.

A jury last month couldn’t reach a verdict on Derick Ion Almena, the property’s main leaseholder, on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for allegedly creating a fire trap with inadequate means of escape at the unauthorized living space and underground concert venue known as Ghost Ship. The jury acquitted tenant Max Harris who faced the same charges.

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