you tonight on the refinery fire to begin with the latest at the refinery in richmond. >> of we are live from the plant where there has just been a news conference. >>reporter: yes. as you mentioned this is a fire that is contained but it is not yet extinguished. and for resident in the neighborhood who continue to hear those public address sirens, basically telling you that the shelter in place warning remains in effec effect. this ace fire that neighbors say started with a bang. >> big explosion we thought it was a neighbor then we went outside. saw the thick smoke. >>reporter: but the general manager of the refinery says there was no explosion. >> we hear at least 4 explosion. those explosion were relate to the fire. >> i was in the area i was at the otheren of the fiery didn't hear explosion. i don't know where the 4 explosion came 40. >> he said the fire started at

6:30 the number 4 crew unit. they detected small leak and started investigating. >> part of the response process we get out to the job site and when the leak leak increased we evacuate the area and leak caused the fire. >>reporter: it says one minor injury. employee suffered superficial burn to the wrist and treated at onside clinic. diesel fuel is feeding the fire that pushed a thick black plume of smoke into the air and seen for miles and miles around. contra costa county health officials issued a shelter in place warning and they continue to take air measurements with relatively no wind the plume climbed high and didn't dissipate which ace good thing for air quality but continuing to take sample. >> the plume high up there. but there may be some concerns if it starts to pull down the plume might start coming down to the ground. >>reporter: according to the air measurements they have not

picked up any harmful readings. county has material crew scrambled 4 air testing unit to continue monitoring. >> there were a number of emergency agency that is rushed here to the scene to back up the on site fire and rescue teams including local state and federal agencies. the last time there was an incident this significant at this refinery was in january of 2007. reporting live in richmond, abc 7 news. >> thanks sergio. >> ntra costa county health services ordered a shelter in place in city nearest the refinery. resident notified by automated emergency call from the county. >> people in richmond north richmond and san pablo all advised to stay inside but the health department said anybody who smells smoke should really shelter in place by closing all windows and doors and turning off air conditioning units. >> oakland places issued a community advisory about the smoke in the north oakland hills and told toll taker

evacuated their booth and sheltering in an office. >> lillian live at the bridge where drivers don't have to stop to pay the toll. lillian. >>reporter: that's right. because there are no toll take rs motorist able to cross the bridge for free. signs have been adjusted to let people know that they can drive right on through although they are being advised to drive with the window closed and to turn off the air conditioning. as for the toll tear they are waiting out the shift in the main building at the toll plaza sheltering in place just as resident in the area have been advised to did. >> i was here outside with guy as we were fixing the door. >>reporter: roberto happened to be outside his richmond home when the fire break out at the refinery. he took video of the giant plume of smoke on his cell phone. he says it all started when he heard a series of explosions. 1 right after the other. >> i heard like 4 explosion then i saw a lot of smoke

coming out from the refinery. >>reporter: how loud. >> very loud like somebody shooting someone. >>reporter: he and the rest of the family went inside soon after. did what they were supposed to do close all door and window. steve also heeded the warning but his eye and throat bothered im not too long after the fir started. he put on the mask to hope the symptoms go away. >> probably within less than half hour began noticing i began noticing that my throat is getting irritated. like sore. sore throat. and. >>reporter: with the window closed. >> we closed them medley. tv the first syrian wept off we closed doors windows everything curtains. >>reporter: all of this has resident worried. they are hoping that whatever is in the air doesn't have any long-term health effects. >> my wife is pregnant right now so i'm trying a little bit worried right now but i don't know. i hope nothing bad happens. >>reporter: now back hear live at the toll plaza. toll tear

sheltering in place until the order is lifted so unclear how long motorist will be able to pass on through without having to pay. live at the richmond san rafael bridge, abc 7 news. >> thanks lillian. >> smoke from richmond has drifted with the wind. >> sandy has been tracking that for us and has the latest. >>reporter: i'll show the current conditions. wind certainly playing a role in disbursing the smoke across the bay area. a lot of people talk about it. people saw it. 61 degrees. the wind is blowing out of the north so it's actually moving this way and it is moving at about 5 miles an hour. i'll show you dramatic time lapse and stepping aside so you can see the smoke plume. began early this evening. watch the smoke plume. carried a good 800 feet up into the ai air. out towards the east bay hill so down near the surface the wind was going out out of the south south east but it moved up in the atmosphere the wind turned west and carried it towards the east bay hills out towards berkeley. this is what

it looked like at the height of it as smoke plume initially just started to go up into the air the wind not a real strong factor and started to veer off to the east as i mention. back with a look at the local forecast in a few minutes. >> thanks. >> bart service has also been impacted by this richmond station is closed and passengers are getting on or off at richmond need to go to emeryville or berkeley instead. these bart station have all reopened. >> 7 news reporter wayne talked to rest dent inside the shelter in place zone. >> he's live now for news north richmond with the story wayne? >> this is as close you can ge get. we are up wind from the fire. fire only about half mile in that direction. still, what at the saw here from this point was spectacular. moments

in police ins rich montonight that looked and sounded like armageddon between the moneying of the siren and the evil looking smoke the richmond refinery fire could have been anything at first glance. >> atomic bomb explosion but the color was not right. >>reporter: nor the urgeen situation. in time of year and part of richmond where the wind usually howls none tonight. people pulled over to gawk and take pictures as the cloud billow upward above them and eastward. nobody said they heard any explosion. >> i was at home and my contractor who is working up the street and also working at my house gave me a call and told me to get out of point richmond. i asked of course why and he told me to look out my back window and i did and i saw a huge plume of black smoke. >>reporter: from the proper angle tonight and with the appropriate long lens we gained a sense of what firefighters were up against. flames smoke. steam. hoses. even up wind. seemed to be something in the air.

>> i smell something as we speak. i have no idea what it is. >>reporter: just a bad night in richmond for those with refinery for neighbor. bad night for anyone downwind. >> well certainly gives me pause. i'm glad i didn't buy the property that i'm living in right now. >>reporter: in richmond tonight in point richmond any way not a lot of sheltering in place. people out walking through the neighborhood. they have the sense this is over w.that the smoke was blowing in the opposite direction. and that for now at least, at least through this episode, they are going to be all right. from point richmond, wayne, abc 7 news. >> yes certainly some relief there tonight. this is the seared serious fire at the refinery in the past 13 years. failure of pipe properly attached caused this fire in january of 2007. one refinery worker suffered minor burns. chevron says no unsafe levels of any hazardous materials were released then. back in march of 1999 a leaking pipe created a vapor cloud that

exploded and burned. 400 neighbors went to the hospital during that incident. many of them complaining of respiratory problems. >> as you know the refinery fire setoff huge plume of smoke and created quite a sight. many viewers grabbed camera and phone to share their pictures with us. lack at this neighbor in richmond captured this image from 23rd street. here's dramatic look at the fire that phil captured from across the bay. >> smoke as you can see filled the sky. mike took this picture in the hills just minutes after the fire began. certainly that haze quickly filled the air. >> you can share your photo or your video of the rae finery fire with us. you can e-mail them to our web site or up load your video at this web site. >> 7 news will continue to monitor the chevron refinery situation throughout this newscast and we'll have live team coverage on abc 7 morning in us beginning at 4:30 and of course follow us for the very

latest development. >> more fire coverage coming u up. first baby abducted by her father found safe here in the bay area. >> amber alert starts in san joaquin county then takes police to 2 east bay cities. father though still on the run. we are live on the scene. all that come up. then on "nightline". >> coming up next on "nightline" that man who opened fire in a sikh temple in wisconsin latest on the deedly spree and bravery of one cop who helpedave so many. >> plus one billionaire plan to make it possible for people to make it possible for people to live on

>> latest development in the she have respect retyphoon ri fire. crew say they contained the flames around 10:30 tonight. however the fire is still burning. rate now the shelter in place is still in effect for san pablo. richmond and north richmond. chevron is apologizing for the fire. started around 6:15 this evening. company says it is working with state local agency to try to figure out the cause here. as far as injuries, one employee suffered a minor burn

to his wrist and treated on the scene. >> one-year-old central valley girl safe tonight after being the subject of state wide amber alert that led police to the bay area. search is still on to find her abductor who is also her father. allen wong is in pleasanton tonight with the latest. >>reporter: abandoned suv is still here mountain parking lo lot. police believe he took his daughter from their home in lathe respect and drove her to the parking lot near the stone ridge mall mall in pleasanton. still looking for jonathan martinez. 30-year-old. he's 6 foot 1. 170 pounds w.black hair and brown eyes. he was last seen wearing a white t-shirt blue jean and oakland a ball cap. this vehicle and entered a parking lot interstone ridge mall in pleasanton turned out to be the one police were looking for. but the father 30-year-old jonathan martinez and 1-year-old daughter were nowhere in sight. police say the girl was abducted and there was concern for her well-being.

neighbors say the parents of the girl had problems. >> meaning just like the cops come every now and then so we figure maybe he's fighting with the wife or they have some misunderstandings in the home. that's what i mean by family issues. but as far as the neighbor avenues nice neighbor. >> girl mother in the striped top drove here from san joaquin county where police say the daughter was taken from her home. maternal grandfather says the car seat was removed from the 1999 gmc yukon and he believes the father and daughter were picked up here and taken to the father's parents' home in san lorenzo where he left the child. >> kind of escalated things when he started revving to bring the child home or back to the mother and also threatened to harm himself and the child contacted by law enforcement. >>reporter: around 5:00 p.m. police said if i recall was discovered at the home in san lorenzo unharmed but the father family members who did not want to be identified would not explain how the child got to their home. they would only

say she was never harmed. search continues for the fathe father. 30-year-old jonathan martinez who could still be in the bay area. reporting live from pleasanton, abc 7 news. >> all right thanks. >> one quick update on the chevron refinery situation. shelter in place order has just been lifted. just been lifted for san pablo, richmond and north richmond. so that's good news there. >> moving on nasa rover curiosity already sending back extraordinary pictures of the early hours of its mission to mars. engineers ecstatic when curiosity touched down last night after 8 month, 3 52 million mile journey. ka came actual pictures of curiosity final dissent taken by the mars orbital satellite. nasa calls this picture simply amazing. >> really is remarkable. >> all right time now to check in with sandy. >> we have some dramatic foybingts show you. these were sent to you report

she have ri row fine ri fire at 6:40 p.m. sent to us by anonymous viewer. here's another shot. this was from the el cerrito hills also by anonymous viewer sent to you report. please keep the picture coming. people are talking about this fire. look at the time lapse from the high definition east bay hills camera. as the sun was going down you can clearly see the smoke was settling as the fire was not quite as hot as earlier when it first got upped way. check out live doppler 7 hd now and you will see what it looks like. right now we have pretty clear sky across the bay area. fog coming closer to the area and we will see the fog closing in as we head into the morning hours. temperatures right now in the 50's and 60's. antioch in the mid 70's. here's the highlights. coastal fog in. warming up the next few day with triple digit inland thursday through saturday so brace yourselves for several days of sizzling conditions here. here's what's going to bring us a sizzle. hot air mass over the central u.s.

shifting west ward. bring the heat with it so do expect to it get warmer each and every day. tomorrow morning we see the fog just locally inland and patchy fog along the coast and locally inland pulls away. temperatures range from the 60's at the coast all the way to the 70's around the bay. 80's 90's while inland so we have a wide range of conditions for your tuesday afternoon first thing in the morning numbers comfortable in the 50's watch out for the fog. could be pretty dense as it is shallow out there then tomorrow afternoon a warmer day across the bay area. antioch livermore up to 77 in oak land. 69 in san francisco. get you up that the north bay. mid 90's ukiah clear lake 87 in nap a.86 santa rosa. peninsula 78 in palo alto. 82 san jose and south bay and a half moon bay 65 degrees a little patch of fog may linger. around the monterey bay 81 santa cruz low 90's morgan hill and gilroy. accu-weather 7 day forecast warm tomorrow in our inland area. down right hot inland

wednesday through saturday. we go from the upper 90's wednesday to the low 100 thursday friday saturday. 70's showing upal the beaches for thursday friday with the fog disappearing so really getting warm. cool off a little bit as we head into the weekend. of course mike will be here at 4:30 in the morning with full look at the forecast tomorrow morning. >> all right thanks. >> we will be back in just a moment with an update on the richmond fire for you. it is still burning tonight but that shelter in place order has been lifted. >> and right now we have 3 more people we want to thank for taking part in the abc 7 sleep train dream campaign. don, angela vallejo and san francisco. >> make a difference. like us on facebook right now and 1 dollar donated to the abc 7 sleep train dream campa

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>> latest on the chevron refinery fire. shelter in place has been lifted for san pablo rich machined and north richmond. >> fire has been contained but it's still burning. state safety inspectors now on the scene. chevron says it's working with them trying to figure out what caused the

fire. >> one worker suffered minor burn to the wrist. he was treated at the refinery. we'll have a live update for you on the midnight edition of 7 news right after "nightline". >> post olympic minicast. >> look ahead to sports. giants offense exploded in colorado. continue tonight in colorado. continue tonight in st. louis. highlights next

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tonight on "nightline" -- rampage in wisconsin. an army veteran with neo-nazi ties storms a sikh temple killing six people. tonight, the latest details on the deadly spree and the hero cop who braved a rain of bullets to help save so many. and mission to mars. as the most sophisticated space rover ever accomplishes a risky landing on the red planet, we meet one billionaire who's already planning to make it possible for people to move there. plus, faster, stronger, suspended. five athletes have been sent home from the olympics for failing doping tests. after the scandals of years past

and new allegations, how clean are the games of 2012? >> from the global resources of abc news. with terry moran and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, and bill weir at the olympic games in london, england. this is "nightline," august 6th, 2012. good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, an fbi investigation is under way into what provoked a shooting spree this weekend and whether it could have been prevented. just two weeks after the shooting in aurora, colorado, a gunman opened fire in a sikh temple in wisconsin, killing six. today, president obama called for americans to do some soul searching as new details emerged linking the suspect to the neo-nazi movement. abc's brian ross has the latest on the tragedy at the temple. >> reporter: it was a senseless slaughter.