Tenants and the landlord of the downtown Oakland building that went up in flames Monday all say they tried to address safety issues at the property for years to no avail.
The fire at 1770 Broadway displaced 53 residents and sent three to the hospital with smoke inhalation injuries. The city opened an emergency shelter in response, but it closes Saturday.
One of the renters, Saron Hanson, recalled waking up Monday morning smelling smoke. No alarms were going off, he said, and even when they did in the past, he didn’t always rouse himself because of frequent false alerts…