live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. the investigation begins today to uncover what sparked this raging inferno at a massive apartment complex under construction in san francisco. >> firefighters spent night on the mission bay side looking for hotspots like this, that kicked up in the wind. thanks for joining us. we will give you a side-by-side video showing the fire at the height last night. that is on the left. versus a stark contrast from the charred structure this morning on the right. >> we are over the scene and you can see they are still pouring water on a number of places

because the wind kicked up and there are a lot of smoldering hotspots. katie marzullo kicks off team coverage. >> we can see that from our angle on the background and there are 50 firefighters, five ladder trucks on the scene and the ladder trucks are doubting the fire from every angle with water hoses and the firefight could last into tonight. they are not taking any chances with hotspots and the wind we have seen. the fire chief said the collapse is not a possibility but a probability. >> the fire is under control but not contained. the danger is far from over. >> it will likely collapse. given the amount of fire damage and water being applied, it weakens the structure. >> massive fire erupted at 5:00 with flaming racing through the apartment building under construction. >> this is the biggest volume fire i have seen, just the size

of it. >> investigators have not been inside the structure the fire chief says that they are already looking at a possible cause. >> there was torch work being done, welding work being done and they got off around 3:30 or 4:00 so that is something we are looking at. it is preliminary. >> there were a few workers on site when the fire broke out but it is not clear if they were welding. san francisco mayor came to see the damage this morning and he says as bad as it is it could have been worse. >> this is part of mission bay. we focused on building an infrastructure and part of the infrastructure was the auxiliary high pressure water system. >> chief agrees the water supply made a difference but it was a hard fought victory and a firefighter was hurt. >> he was on the ladder and sustained some buns and i saw him continuing to battle the fire and not until later, then, he indicated that he had some minor injuries.

>> that firefighter and the chief would hurt her ankle dug the overnight watch have been treated and are back home. >> the chief says when they are done spray the water on the fire and there is no estimate when that could happen, she says that is when the structural engineers will talk about dismantling whatever is left of the structure. the massive fire affected a last people living and working in the area and they are trying to move failure. matt keller joins us from san francisco with more. matt? >> 25 percent of the 147 units at the venue apartments are rented and it was evacuated during the fire. people are waiting to see when they can come back home for good. >> the water came after the flames were controlled from the sprinklers and the firemen. 350-400 people live in the

nearby apartments and they were evacuated last night. some apartments are uninhabitable. firefighters are concerned about a collapse with a couple of residents came back to see how their homes were doing. >> i am relieved there is not much damage to our apartment. it looks the inside just has minor water damage and smoke the hallways so i am not too worried. >> it wasn't just the water but the heat that damaged cars, parking meters and windows. the property manager says all residents are required to have rental insurance which includes money for hotels. >> very thankful. all the resolution tenths of safe. their pets are safe. that is our main focus. >> the salvation army jumped in right away with emergency workers. >> we served how meals

>> there was no timetable when the units, especially the ones here on the west side, would be ready for the residents. more now of the building destroyed in the fire, a real estate development company called b.r.e. properties was building the complex called mb160 and were to run $630,000 each when finished this year. the company has insurance and believes the lawsuit will be covered. >> b.r.e. said and i quote, "thankfully the project was safely evacuated and sorries and contractors have been accounted for. we extend our thanks and

gratitude to the fire and emergency services personnel for their rapid response." these artist renderings from the company showed what mb350 would look like when done. the community was being praised for the easy access to the ballpark, restaurants, retail and mass transit, and estimate cost of the project was a quarter billion dollars. we were fortunate that the wind did not kick up million this morning so hours after the fire at the peak, ors massive fire could have been worth. mike nicco will have the latest conditions and a time-lapse look >> we hit 20 and i have been here 10 or 15 minutes holding this up and down the road at the ferry building they had gusts up to 32 miles per hour so breezy in san francisco and this is how it looks from space, yesterday, satellite showing the hotspot

right over san francisco. can you imagine how warm the fire was bunking to show up like that on the satellite. now, the current conditions at 62, humidity is bone dry, and i woulds are from the east at 13 but gusting to 28 so we still have issues with that through the daylight hours and our winds will not decouple until the sunsets so we will have 20 to 30-miles-per-hour gusts across the expire area throughout the afternoon hours. that is below the threshold for the wind advisory with gusts up to 59 miles per hour in the east bay and 49 at half moon bay the fastest we had. in you can see the time-lapse from mount tamalpais yesterday of the smoke quality issues. warm weather is coming up.

>> thank you, mike. at height of the fire, our viewers sent us videos and pictures of the fire. this video shows the thick cloud of black smoke from the giants stadium and look at the way the fire appeared in san francisco bay: this shot was taken on a ferry boat on the way to alameda at 5:30 in the afternoon. like all the other pictures, you will notice the tall plume of smoke going straight up. send us your pictures at ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> we follow the story on air and online so if we get any if you developments during this newscasts we will bring them to you. our reporting continues now on twitter. >> happening right now, new york city firefighters are desperately searching for survives after a massive explosion and near collapsed at least two buildings. this is a look in harlem. there is still white spoke billowing and crews are putting out hotspots as they continue to search through the rubble for survivors. at least two people were killed,

at least two dozen injured. >> the mayor called the explosion "a tragedy of worst kind." he says it was caused by a gas leak. the reporter is at the scene with the latest. >> right new we are a block west of where this building collapsed. this is looking east to park avenue, those are members of the firefighter out here all morning. there is a heavy smoke condition and now, hours after the collapse, they are dumping water on to the building. we have seen windows shattered. this is a church. we are a block from the building. this is a church at mount zion. the windows are shattered and the store fronts have been shattered and glass all over the sidewalk here. we have witnessed a courtyard behind this and there is a playground that is covered in shattered glass, screens blown out of windows and, also, the

firefighters are on top of the pile of debris and they are fighting this fire. they are going through the debris, brick by brick with mothers walking out of here with little ones if their arms, towels wrapped around their faces because of the thick smoke. that is why we must wear these masks. a developing situation here. two people are dead. many others are injured. f.b.i. agents are searching hawaii moves big island on information that a suspect if a series of bombings in the bay area in 2003 could be hiding there, an animal rights activists and one of the most wanted terrorist fugitives and a quarter billion reward for the berkeley native who is behind two bombs that exploded in august of 2003 at an emeryville biotech company. he is accused of setting a

explosion at shackle. >> santa cruz police arrested an 18-year-old accuses of sexually assaulting a woman on the screen corner. on thursday, the man grabbed and fondled a 20-year-old woman at corner of bay and seaside while she was talking on her cell phone. the victim was able to fight off her attacker and gave police the details to make this sketch. a probation officer identified that suspect and say he confessed to the attack and two others last april. he currently is held on multiple charges. >> the high stakes chase that started with a carjacking and endangered the life of a little boy in the process as well as the lives of other drivers who encountered the situation.

. in colorado a wild case involving a carjacking system. want the red s.u.v. as the driver gets out and carjacks this other van. police say the suspect was running from police after he stole the red s.u.v. at a gas station with a little boy inside. the boy is fine. the woman driving this van ran out, the suspect takes off going

the wrong way and this went on for two hours and kept going on before ramming a third car and pulling that driver out and took that vehicle. he crashed but was not ready to give up and he ran for police. officers arrested him after he tried to jump a fence and failed. >> my goodness. incredible video. i am glad everything is okay. at least, physically. we have new details on the search for missing malaysian jetliner, with the last message sent by a pilot on plight 370 before it vanished was all right, good night. authorities say that message suggests everything was normal. the jetliner vanished five days ago with 239 people on board and 12 nations are involved in the search if the missing jetliner with 42 ships and 39 aircraft searching 27,000 were nautical

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models with trimmed down body parts and awkward gaps between thais side and another shows a slice taken from her right shoulder blade. the images are fueling the debate over body image and how target markets to teens saying it is working on new imaging for the site. meteorologist mike nicco is on the roof and we hope he does not get blown away. >> since we last talked we got gusts up to 22 miles per hour. not bad but i am sheltered compared to others on the embarcadero. we will talk about when the winds will be lightening up. will we still have 88 for the weekend? and st. patrick's day with a chance of rain next week. a lot to talk about. >> we can hear the wind in your microphone. >> the hollywood hills street

a mountain lion was seen strolling through the hollywood hollywood before dawn. a homeowner installed cameras to catch thieves breaking into cars but caught video of this prowler. residents think they know who the mount feign lion is, p22 living at the griffith park and tagged with a g.p.s. collar a couple of years ago. take a look. it is very windy. we will take you to the roof and check on with mike when they will quiet down. >> if you are driving south it is great. the wind chills will push you. driving north, you will be

driving right into it or it will be hit you from the side and creating issues. we still have slightly dangerous conditions. it is still gust united nations and it will be that way until the sun does set at 7:15 or so and the atmosphere cools, the winds will taper. here is dry live doppler 7 hd: bone dry. you may have noticed, allergies could be borrowing you and they are flying allest place. low-to-mid 50's and napa and santa rosa and fremont and antioch, 67 to 68. it is 64 at half moon bay. from the east bay hills, in the berkeley hills we had 59-miles-per-hour gusts and thunderstorm threshold is 58 that is how fast it was. sunny. windy early. then it will be dry and calm as we head to the overnight hour and 20 degrees cooler inland and the warmth peaks this weekend.

temperatures as we look at the sunny san jose is eight to ten degrees warmer-than-average and you can see the sun will society at 7:14. elsewhere, the upper 60's to nearly 70 and low-to-mid 70's not rest of us and we may not feel that warm around the bay shore blowing east cold water. santa rosa and napa upper 30's and palo alto and livermore and morgan hill and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 40's. as far as what is going on, the low pressure down around southern california and the high pressure to the north, the pressure grident, the difference of the pressure between the two is what created the strong winds with the wind flowing from the high to low pressure and that will bring us the 50 shore wind and keep the storms away from us for six or seven days. you can see on the seven-day forecast temperatures fluctuate through friday and then it will be warmer saturday and sunday and near records, nearly 80 in many areas and 70 at the coast. we will start a cooling trend

for monday as the winds relax and they are offshore. they then come on shore on tuesday and there is a possible of wet weather on tuesday but right now st. patrick's day is looking dry. be careful driving high profile vehicle or cross the bridges in the evening. >> next, move over oscar selfie, someone took the most tweeted picture in history and one upped it, and it does not involve a

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