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OAKLAND — The attorneys for the Ghost Ship defendants are asking the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office for an unusual move — to arrest the warehouse landlords and fire department officials for the deadly fire.

Attorneys for Derick Almena and Max Harris announced the motion to compel the arrests on Tuesday, asking for a laundry list of arrests that includes the Ghost Ship warehouse landlord Chor Ng and her two children, Eva and Kai, who served as building managers. Almena and Harris are awaiting trial on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter each for the deaths of the people who perished in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire on Dec. 2, 2016.

Besides the landlord family, the list names several members of the Oakland Fire Department, including Capt. George Freelen, who testified in the case’s preliminary hearing last year that there was a high fire load at the warehouse when he and others entered inside. He testified he filed a report questioning the use of the warehouse, but the report was never found.

The motion claims probable cause to arrest the list of 14 people, who in the months and years leading up to the deadly fire, had all been inside the warehouse itself either as inspectors or partygoers, and knew of the dangers inside. The list includes a building inspector, a Child Protective Services agent, fire department members, and Oakland Police officers who responded to calls at the Ghost Ship.

“Each agency is well aware that the premises did not provide for occupancy and were well aware of the number of people and overall conditions of Ghost Ship, including safety hazards, code violations and fire dangers,” the motion reads.

They allege that despite this knowledge, city officials took no active steps to prevent the deadly disaster.

Tony Serra, attorney for Almena, told this news organization Tuesday that he’ll give the district attorney’s office until the end of the week to make additional arrests. If not, then he’ll bring the motion before a judge in order to compel them to follow the law in a citizen’s arrest.

“I want many of the arrestees in the notice to be locked into the Ghost Ship case,” Serra said.

Earlier this month, Harris’ attorney Curtis Briggs blasted the prosecution for a poorly handled criminal case after a court hearing.

“This is probably the most poorly handled prosecution and investigation in Alameda County history,” Briggs said.

Briggs also called out the city of Oakland for “a complete fumbling of the ball.”

As reported by this news organization, police had visited the warehouse a year before the fire and knew of illegal parties. There were also reports from witnesses that firefighters from the nearby station had not only entered the Ghost Ship but also had attended a party there. An off-duty firefighter also attended his wife’s work holiday party there, according to records.

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Dismembered body found in California golf course lake; 2 arrested But the prosecution has maintained that it was the reckless actions of Almena and Harris that caused the deaths of the 36 people trapped inside the warehouse, according to court filings.

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman said they could not comment on pending cases.