abc7 starts now with breaking news. the breaking news is in san bruno. this is a picture from sky 7 h.d. a car has crashed into the building triggering a fire. the crash severed a gas line that caused the fire in the pizza building. police have shut down part of the road for now at the 380 on-ramp. >> firefighters are battling a place and had to close down the highway. our pilot said that he could see gas coming from the broken line. this is in a congested business and residential area. firefighters have to work to put

out the fire quickly. we do not have reports of injuries but we are checking. we will follow this on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> thanks for joining us. firefighters in pacifica are busy this morning as the fire spread quickly in dry brush threatening homes and firsting evacuations. an unusual situation for january. our reporter, amy hollyfield is at the scene on fassler. no injuries right, amy hollyfield? >> kristen, yes, everyone is okay. no one was hurt. look at area where it burned. it looks to be an exclusively wild land area but look again, down below if this canyon sits a neighborhood with homes that firefighters were worried about residents say they grabbed jewelry, financial documents their animals, pets and they ran were. >> you never expect this happening outside your bedroom

window at 4:00 in the morning with firefighters knocking on the door but it is a surprise when it happens in january. >> they were very mice and said you have ten or 20 minutes and you may want to get out of here. there is a fire. we were stunned. a fire? it is winter isn't it? >> it is the fire did not care. it spread through this pacifica neighborhood. it was burning in a steep brushy airlined on both sides with homes. firefighters say they were worried about what it would do and put a voluntary evacuation if place for 80 to 90 homes in rockaway beef -- beach area. some stayed behind to watch and try to help. >> first reaction was to grab a lows and hose around the house and get it wet. the neighbor was doing the same thin. we family like we did something. >> i am still going in circles. one second it comes down and then it flares up.

just praying. praying. praying that everything is okay. >> firsts stopped the fire before it reached any homes and no one was hurt. residents say it is hard to believe this happened in january. some are remaining optimistic about the rest of the season. >> it is john. we need the rain. miracle march, we still have a couple of months. >> fire is out and people have been allowed home. crews are still here and they will try to cut a line or a barrier and cut vegetation back from around where the fire burned and they are also going to be, looking for hotspots and think they will be here for the day. they will look for the cause of the fire as well. thank you, amy hollyfield. 50 million americans are bracing for a light-threat being blizzard. the massive nor'easter is threatening to bring america's largest cities to a sand still. warnings have been issued from

maryland to maine and interest canada with record breaking snow up to 3' is predicted. the boston area is expected to be the hard of the hit. >> mayors cross several states warn people not to treat this like any other storm. this is a look from the camera in new york city but how can you tell? it is so white. flake have been falling for a few hours. for more on the deep freeze we will check with meteorologist mike nicco. mike? >> the worst of it is not there yet. we have a lot of sunshine here. we will show you what they are expecting a winter storm warning 8-16" of snow and gusts up to 35 miles per hour but closer to the coast from the jersey shore all the way up to maine we are looking at a blizzard wanting because white out conditions and up to 3' of snow. everything is quiet. just light snow. want as we head through the afternoon it is light during the evening and overnight and that is when the heaviest snow of snow hits new york and boston and if you head to new york by

5:00 tomorrow evening, it will be out of there and you have to wait until wednesday morning for boston to clear. >> the storm is having a dramatic impact on air and ground travel. in new york city all vehicles are barred from the roads but for emergency vehicles starting at 8:00 p.m. our time tonight. 3,000 flights have been canceled. roughly the same number for tomorrow. look at what passengers are enduring at la guardia. our reporter is is at san francisco san francisco. >> 77 canceled at for positive and four at san jose international airport and four flights canceled in oakland international airport because of the winter storm on the east coast causing ripple effects. >> they cannot help the weather. >> you need to look in further than the departure board to see how powerless the heirs are with mother nature.

up and down the east coast flights are delayed or canceled as it threatens the northeast, new york, new jersey philadelphia, even chicago. thousands of travelers have been stopped in their tracks. >> i was connecting through super bowl to tie pay. >> 11 hours after boarding in taiwan slow is only halfway home. >> my flight to newark at 10:00 a.m. was cancel and they put me on a noon flight and i arrived here and the e-mail said that was canceled. >> sfo has dozens negotiating with ticket agencies passing the time with ipads. >> trying to go to new york i would be flying 12 hours. >> hunting for the best bargain with the hotel voucher given to him by the ail as a way to comment for an unexpected layever in san francisco: a storm thousands of miles away packing enough punch to be felt across the nation. brenda don't care how she gets home as long as she gets in.

>> nice people took care of me and backed me on a flight to constitutional less and i hope i will take a train to new york. >> officials at sfo say if you are expecting someone to arrive at the airport or if you plan to travel yourself make sure you call your airlines first. thank you. we have breaking news in spain: at least ten people are dead after a greek air force jet crashed after take off. it happened at the base in southeast spain. another 13 people suffered injuries. the spanish military says the jet was taking part in the nato training exercise. the pilot of a small plane that took off from tracy is finishing up the trip to maui on a cruise ship because the dream flight nearly became a nightmare when he ran out of fuel short of hawaii. eric has the dramatic story and video. eric? >> dramatic, it is. this is the airplane. do you get the singing feeling

from the kneeled on empty and the nearest gas station is too far away? imagine you are 10,000' over the pacific ocean and the calculations say that your airplane will run out of fuel 200 miles short of the destination. >> look at the propeller when the engine runs out it sputters and stops. it turns out the pilot knew hours before this that he had a problem. >> >> he was low on fuel and felt like he had three hours of fuel left and he was probably about 900 miles away from land and he would be ditching, probably about 230 miles northeast of maui. >> plane took off yesterday from tracy airport bound for maui of the this picture from the website shows the flight path leaving the aircraft out of sight of land for many hours. when the coast guard was notified the plane was having a problem, they ran through their options. >> one option would have been to

divert the coast guard cutter which was in the area. another option would be to predeploy one of our helicopter helicopters. >> in the end they went with plan (c) a long-range coast guard c-130 accompany the stricken lend to a spot in the pacific close to a cruise ship which would make the rescue in accordance with with the rules of the sea which require any vessel in the area of an emergency to help rescue the victims. in this case, not's the pilot deployed an unusual safety pilot: a parachute attached to the plane to bring it to a relatively soft landing. >> the engine just sort of quit and he starts gliding and at 5,000' he deployed his parachute and took the ride down to the ocean. >> a relatively smooth landing. >> airplane was manufactured by

a company that makes planes that come with their own parachute to last ditch safety device after all else has failed. the pilot, by the way is cruising in own the holland america liner and will have a lot of questions to answer when he arrived in maui. >> a second small plane after that carrying four including a child ran out fuel and crab landed into the pacific. a helicopter hosted them to safety and official say all four received emergency treatment. there is no word on their condition. the plan was flying in kauai when the pilot declared an emergency around 8:00 last night say fuel was running low and needed to ditch. >> a warning for shoppers in gilroy who may have been exposed to retailers. officials confirm an adult with meese temperatures visited the costco in gilroy sunday, january 18 and that person shopped at a wal-mart a little more than a

week ago. noticed like these greeted the shopper warning that anyone who was inside costco between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. on the 18th could have been exposed. the symptoms include coughing fever and rash. >> security scare at the white house. what crashed on to the front lawn that is leaving the secret service with a big question to answer. >> shedding pounds with soup could be all it takes to

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>> new details on a device found on the grounds of the white house prompting a lockdown. the secret says has recover add 2' drone and is trying to figure out where it came from. officials say the drove was flying at a low altitude before it crashed on the southeast side of the executive man at midnight. the white house was looked down until the device was examined and cleared. president obama and the first lady are both away traveling in india. in word of their daughters, if they were home. >> new england patriots briefed the cold and snow to send off their team to the super bowl. tom brady and other members addressed the crud -- the crowd. there was mixed support for the embattleed quarterback and the coach belichick making in reference to the deflate-gate controversy. brady and belichick are looking

for the 4th super bowl title. >> the seattle landed in phoenix yesterday and the quarterback said three and the other defending champions are feeling comfortable headed into the week because they know what to specific. tomorrow they will address thousands of reporters for media day. >> and meteorologist mike nicco has had a busy day ahead with the

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soup-alina can help you lose weight. there is no evidence that sounding or a cleanse actually helps rid the body of toxins but sounding can kick start healthy habits. watch out for the sodium because soups have a lot of salt. now a check with meteorologist mike nicco enjoying ought sunshine and more. >> it is nice. we had fog to start the day and we will look and on the weather and show you what is going on it is lifting around livermore where it was thickest and you can see the high and mid-level clouds that are a mainstay of the afternoon profit and the tule fog that is in the valley and staying there in the afternoon. it will try to creep back in but a wind shift will keep it from

being previous plants. you can see an offshore breeze at 13 miles per hour in napa and the rest of us less than ten miles per hour right now. we will look down and see where our next system is doing bringing rain to baja and the debt either with stronger showers headed over to yuma arizona. unfortunately, that is where it will drop most of the rain with influence of high and mid-level clouds streaming and getting thicker in the afternoon starting in san jose where we will be thick with clouds and temperatures are running at 56 and warmer in los gatos at 58 and 59 is half moon bay and hayward is 62. danville and antioch and fairfield upper 40's right now. is how it looks from mount tamalpais to the south you can see the haze but it is breezy enough for a pair pair day not to happen today just clouds

increasing and a scattered light shower tomorrow and maybe one or two but they will be light the dry and warm later this week if the miss the 70's it could be back. today you have to go up to cloverdale and if they are lucky they get to 70's and most us in the mid-60's. a few of us could make it to 67 or 68. 65 will be can cut off. tonight, it will be mild tomorrow morning and upper 40's to low 50's inland and low-to-mid 50's for the rest of us and here is a look at what is happening two areas of low pressure pinching the highs, pushing it off to the east and one to the south is going to bring us thicker cloud and the chance of a scattered shower and notice as we head through the overnight the rain shield evaporates leaving us with drizzle possible at the coast and maybe a scattered light shower as we head through the afternoon hours and into the evening we see clearing with

nothing accumulating in the profit. low-to-mid 60's and more mid-60's on wednesday with more sunshine and upper 60's on thursday and check out the 70 degree temperatures that could make it back by friday and hang around on saturday and sunday. not a big deal tomorrow. unfortunately. injury the sunshine while we have it. clouds are coming back. >> right new we have breaking news a tweet from our reporter from milpitas. we told you that the shoppers were worn they could be exposed to measles because after man would shopped and david has tweeted that a third location have been added where an adult male with measles may have exposed others at date and buster's in milpitas. if you know, that is in the great mall in minimum pete and is a very popular busy restaurant accord to the health officials. we do not know if it is the same man who went to the costco or the wal-mart in gilroy but there is a third situation location where if you were there you may

want to check with county health officials because a man with measles may have exposed others at the dave and busters in milpitas. >> right now we want to tell you about something happening tonight, the x prize and it is hosting an event with google at california academy of sent to announce the winners of the robotic space exploration. the nonprofit is awarding $5 million to five talented teams to help get rovers to the moon in the future and 9 $30 million google lunar s prize is still up for grabs and awarded to the team would can land a robot on the moon. through is the more adorable 30 minutes in sports. >> we will show you. the best ever and why there is more for fans to love. >> at 3:00 on rachel ray

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