The Latest: Prosecutor says murder charge possible in fire

Prosecutors say they are investigating the warehouse fire that killed 36 people, and murder charges are possible.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said Monday her office has just started its probe and has not yet determined whether a crime even occurred.

Investigators with the district attorney's office are making sure crews removing debris don't jeopardize any evidence in a potential criminal investigation.

California Gov. Jerry Brown is expressing condolences to the families of the victims of the Oakland warehouse fire, one of the worst in the state's history.

[...] Brown says Monday it is too soon to draw conclusions about factors that played into the fire, including a lack of affordable housing.

KGO-TV reports (http://abc7ne.ws/2haQY4d ) it tracked down Derick Ion Almena and Micah Allison, the mother of his children who helped him run the building, late Sunday at a Marriott hotel in Oakland.

President Barack Obama is expressing his sympathies to the people of Oakland as families of victims and residents deal with one of the worst fires in the state's history.

Obama says the full toll of the disaster is unknown, but "many people - including young men and women with their whole futures ahead of them - have tragically lost their lives."