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bay. glrs almost sounded like someone shot like a missile or a canon. >> reporter: crews work through the night to stop the stubborn fire. >> i've been driving from oakland three and a half hours. >> reporter: and relief after 80 finally reopens. and here is the latest following an explosion and seven-hour fire fight. containers finally contained. >> and i 80 is reopen and all shelter in place orders have been lifted. >> calls starting can coming in about 2:00 about the fire at nustar energy. >> and live outside the storage facility in crocket. lisa. >> reporter: firefighters contained this fire about two

hours ago. take a look at video from sky seven and it shows crews mopping up the scene. it was a dramatic scene that lasted more than 12 hours and involved hundreds of firefighters from contra costra county, murin county and cal fire. >> reporter: as night fell, the flames flared up. it engulfed new tanks and threatened three more carrying ethanol and jet fuel. >> it has now been can by the secondary containment structure that's doing what it was designed to do. >> reporter: huge plumes of smoke could be seen for miles, they contained dangerous particulates which they're trying to protect the public from. >> the idea you've shut off your

air conditioning, heating and fans. that will protect you in your home from most of the particulate matter. >> reporter: incident siren has been going on for hours after as a recaution. it forced the closer of interstate 80 in both directions. but by 930 all freeways freewae reopened. frfrs >> whev you have an incident so close to the freeway, that is going to be a huge distraction and can result in numerous vehicle accidents. so for this reason recommend the freeways remained closed. >> reporter: now there was one incident involving a contractor from nustar. he was near one of the tanks and he wasn't able to evacuate in time. therefore he hid in a ditch and had to wait for firefighters to help him out.

he was fortunately not hurt. live abc 7 news. the raging fire left traffic backed up for miles tonight. take a look at this video just a short time ago. >> and live. relee in the last hour 1/2? >> reporter: yeah. certainly. just about at 9:30 is when the chp said it would be reopening both directions of i 80. but these are back ups we saw here until about 10:15 tonight. but here sky 7 with a look at traffic moving on -- highway 80 near highway 4 after the freeway reopened. a welcome site for those that spent all afternoon trying to maneuver. we spent hours in stop and go traffic. easy to note this is frusatn

onof drivers by 4:00 both east and westbound trafficking forced drivers to take alternate routes. even as the day grew later traffic didn't letup. even our drive around 8:00 c was slow moving. >> i've just been driving from oakland three and a half hours and i wigts i had known a better way to send me back to 680 and go around that way and go through the back way and i would have been home hours ago. >> reporter: and there was literally for those traveling short distances as well, streets were clogged byep people tryingo navigate through the mess. >> usually 10 minutes at worse and it was 30 minutes. i'm like oh, my god. >> reporter: here's a look back

at the sea of brake lights.yeno0 has now been reopened both directions. and reporting between i 80 and san pablo avenue will remain closed for the nustar incident command post. from 80s closure to shelter in place orders and on and off again school closures, it was a trying day for those in contra costra county. kate. >> reporter: well, just a few hours ago the superintendent of this school said his schools were closed tomorrow was of the nustar incident. but fortunately because the fire is out and under control, confire tweeted the school district will be open. all four schools will have their students back tomorrow.

it's been a frightening day for families here. eect of iedmss.day night. that's what made us think we were experiencing another earthquake. >> reporter: she lives and works within a mile of nustar's fuel storage facility. >> i'm scared. i want tago. i'm not used to this. just to see what we're inhaling, not used to it. >> reporter: they issued a shelter in place. >> i heard stay indoors and all the windows and doors are locked. >> reporter: we found him renting movies, a distraction while they shelter in place. >> it rocked my windows really loud and i thought was an

earthquake. >> reporter: the traffic added another layer of tocher. cars were crawling through contra costra county. >> it was supposed to be a 15-minute drive. >> and how long did it take can you? >> reporter: two and a half hours. >> and we met uvrau to came aught to observe the cars and smoke in front oher home. >> reporter: the earthquake is today and then now this and the fires, it's just a lot. what happened to the california when i was a kid? >> reporter: and it certainly has been an eventful few weeks. as far as the air quality is concerned, we haven't smelled anything concerning or unusual tonight but families want to know what they're breathing is safe. live i'm can kate larsson, abc 7 news. and that thick, black smoke led to people being told to stay inside their homes.

>> for a look at the current conditions, let's geto drew to ooma. >> so we're looking at current pm 2.5 levels and that is very fine particulate matter when consumed and ingested in large quantities, it can give you itchy eyes, itchy lungs. ter can upset your respiratory track. good in napa and redwood city. when they get above 100, tlats w -- that's when it becomes moderate. and have an air quality advisory close. and bring refreshing air. we'll have the details in a few moments. thank you. abc 7 reached out to find out if the company, nustar had any

prior incidents. they had two. the first was in january in pittsburgh. they were loading asphalt when they inhaled toxic fumes. and the other a worker fell off their golf cart. in both cases they found nustar was not at fault and did not issue citations. this is from an abc 7 news viewer who happens to be an instructer. he captured these before crews got the scene. and these satellite images from google earth show us what they looked liked before todays fire. you can see how cloche the facility to 80. let's take a look at what it looked like this afternoon. sky 7 was above crockett when wn

et fire was at , black smoke. chevron's richmond refinery in 2012. fumes from that fire spread for miles and 15,000 sought medical help. chevron paid 200 million in fines and millions more to settle claims. they believe a leak in a corroded pipe is what caused that fire. >> we have been giving out alerts. just be sure to enable push alerts. the fourth democratic debate is now in the books. and we saw a different candidate taking heat from the otherer members on the stage. and the bay area left rattled again.

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some developing news right now. a number of aftershocks hit the walnut creek pleasant hill area. they came close to where last night's earthquake was felt thib

bay area. her senior apartment is near the epicenter on the san andreas fault. she grabbed her dog, angel when the shaking started. >> tell me what it was like last night for you. >> it was scary. it was just a shake back and forth, honey. >> reporter: now it's back to business as usual in pleasant hill and walnut creek. there was no real damage can except some things knocked off store shelves. >> measuring 6.9 in mag nufeud the loma prietaap 63 died and thousands more injured. abc 7 is looking back at the past and we give you a glimpse into the future in the documentary "the earthquake effect." it can be seen anywhere including amazon fire tv and the abc 7 news app.

we'll bring you a commercial-free broadcast right here on the anniversary of loma prieta at 6:30 p.m. thursday. s a different candidate taking heat from the other contenders on the stage too. >> reporter: tuesday's democratic presidential debate set the stage for new issues and based on the candidate's criticism a new frontruner. senator elizabeth warren frequently finding herself on defense. at one point asked yes or no would her taxes go up >> for hard working midsal class families, costs will go down. >> we heard it tonight a yes or no that didn't get a yes or no answer. >> you are makeling republican talking points in this room. >> and the jabs continuing later on.

>> senator warren is focussed on being punitive or pitting one part of the country against the other. >> this is about investment in colleges, about making sure that we get rid of the student loan debt burden. >> those attacks a shift from the main target, vice president joe biden. most avoiding niz tanglement surrounding his son's business dealings in ukrain. >> my son did nothing wrong, i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: but like previous debates the common thread was him the portanimportance of def president trump. >> we got one shot of president trump a one-term president and how we talk to each other effects that. >> reporter: the next debate is

in november and so far only eight have qualified. >> go to abc 7 news.com. time to get back to our weather. it was quite the cold day today. >> it was indeed and meteorologist drew tooma have here. >> we'll find the cool temperatures staying with us in the morning. cool in the afternoon but more in the way of cloud cover as a cold front approaches the region tonight. live doppler 7 showing you it's a pretty quiet picture. a live look showing you we're fog free for the time being. but we will find that fog returning first thing tomorrow morning. pull this map bigger so you can see what's going on, where you live. you can see a lot of green on the screen indicating good air quality. moderate air quality, meaning we have atl ofaz a here.

greth bay slide south. we're gre from palo alto to fremont. and tomorrow we will fluctuate between good and moderate air quality as you see some of the smoke linger in the atmosphere. look at half moon bay, 45. 51 in oakland. 56 in san jose. so the accuweather highlights through the next couple off days increasing clouds tomorrow. a shower is possible late tomorrow early thursday with the cold front. then bright and breezy thoev weekend. spilling i ashele.0sowe what you'll notice is the cloids are going to linger for part of the day. partly sunny skies. 63 a high in san francisco. 66 in oakland. 74 in santa rosa.

up to about 73 degrees. future weather as you go about 9:00/10:00 tomorrow night. that front pretty much moves through unnoticed for a lot of us early thursday morning. however before the sun gets up we'll likely find areas of drizzle. but once the sun gets up t turns breezy thursday but thursday during the daylight hours will be warmer. much better air quality as well. you'll find that into friday. a chance of a shower overnight. the clouds get out of here thursday afternoon. breezy and bright. and over the weekend a warming trend gets underway. and early next week above average. 70s and 80s. >> 90 degrees. thanks drew. we have a quick programming note.

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here. coal seven scoreless frames. he hasn't lost since may 22nd. the 49ers had their soigtz set on the super bowl but tonight they took a time out to play in another bowl. they hosted the second annual first in goal. and a silent auction. with great 49ers memorabilia. a fun night raising about $60,000 for bay area youth. >> we want to connect to our fans and it's good to always give back. this is a great opportunity to connect with them. always good to be around them. >> reporter: and an important nonfoundation. have fun while doing it. >> good stuff. we got podcast with george kittle tomorrow.

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