The Coroner’s Office has confirmed that 21-year-old Filipino-American Vanessa Quintos Plotkin was among those who died in a warehouse fire in Oakland, California.

Plotkin was first reported missing following the Ghost Ship warehouse fire and her family and friends had been posting on social media for days in a desperate effort to find her.

Balitang America spoke to her aunt who confirmed that Vanessa was of Filipino descent. Her family has declined to issue any statement for now.

The UC Berkeley sociology student, who grew up in Lakewood, California, was attending an unauthorized electronic concert at the warehouse with her roommate, Jennifer Morris, who was also

among the confirmed dead.

Authorities say searchers have finished combing the warehouse for victims. The final death toll is at 36, making this tragedy the deadliest fire in Oakland’s history.

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