breaking news in monmouth, we're bringing you these live pictures where a person has been trapped and what they are telling us is a confined space for at least two hours now. it is happening at united water and appears that confined space is that actual pipe where you see all of the emergency crews surrounding right now. it appears somebody jumped the fence into the property. and that is the person who is now being rescued. we've seen him there for some time now as we continue to take this live aerial view. we'll keep tabs on it. it's 6:00. i want to say good friday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. more breaking news, this time out of san francisco where a family had to jump out of a window to escape the flames of a house fire. several people are now recovering at the hospital, while the red cross is helping neighbors who have been displaced by the fire. broke out near the bay view district near thornton avenue. christie smith is there. christie, a scary scene this

morning. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. that's right. three people are in the hospital at this hour, lucky to be alive after they woke up to find their small house was on fire. the flames so big that they were blocking the main exit. three of them had to jump out of the window including a man believed to be in his 70s. we're not talking about a small drop. maybe 10 feet from one of those windows. they jumped out of two windows. we have new video this morning firefighters are pulling out debris, burned debris from the unit. i spoke with a firefighter who tells me this was a mom, dad, and adult son sleeping inside when this fire started. this is a cottage. they also had a friend there sleeping at the time. when firefighters arriving they say flames were pouring from this building. there is a little confusion because initial reports were that three buildings were on fire. this is an irregular structure. there are actually three units

but only one of them was burning. another challenge is that it sits about 150 feet from the street down a driveway so crews had to drag hose to put it out. everyone in the unit was out. three family members and a friend sleeping downstairs. >> as he ran upstairs yelling fire, fire, to wake everybody the fire followed him up the stairs and it gained enough headway by the time he got to the top there was no exiting the stairs. only one set of internal stairs so he actually ended up jumping out the back side window and two jumped out the front side window. >> reporter: firefighters tell us they are trying to confirm reports that the woman may have been pregnant. neighbors evacuated. they went to each others doors banging telling everybody to get out because of the fire going on. those three family members in the unit they suffered cuts and smoke inhalation. i'm told one investigator is at

a hospital talking with them, while another is here trying to figure out how it started. reporting live at san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks, christie. new this morning a scary scene for some homeowners at a sunnyvale neighborhood. they were briefly evacuated after a car smashed into a home damaging a gas meter. it happened in sunnyvale not far from the matilda avenue before 11:00 last night. peggy bunker joins us live from the scene with an update on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning guys. can you imagine that, going to bed getting ready to shut it down for the night and smash, right into your bedroom a car careening into the wall. that's what happened here. take a look at the scene. just about even 11:00 p.m., a green suv allegedly driven bay

drunk driver crashed into the bedroom of the house. the car bounced along the lawn, slammed into the front bedroom, sheared off a gas meter. pg&e was shortly on the scene. they shut off the gas. the surrounding neighbors were impacted as well. the houses around this one were evacuated around midnight. probably in their pajamas. they were all evacuated. pg&e ended up cutting the gas line to the house that was hit by the car. >> more precautionary. we did have a slight odor of gas, a gas meter was sheared off. we evacuated the houses on each side and to the rear. we're releasing the seen to them. they said it's ok so we never need to come back in. >> reporter: police arrested a 52-year-old man on scene for dui, take a look that the video

of the skid marks that man left behind. these tell the story. you can see incredible scenes. veered right into the side of the house. back here live you can see what remains on the front lawn of this horse a boarded up front window there, obviously lots of damage here, broken gutters, sheet rock, insulation all torn up and left on the front lawn a. tough day for this homeowner. very chilly. the gas has not been turned son you imagine the homeowner probably chilly until pg&e comes back out. they have quite a cleanup situation here this morning. peggy bunker, "today in the bay." >> thanks very much. this morning we are bracing for a possible drought declaration from governor brown. give you a live look at san francisco, that's where governor jerry brown is going to be later on this morning.

the speculation he is going to declare a drought emergency, making californians more aware of the doubt. it could open the flood gate to federal money for farmers. he's going to talk about a lot of things. >> three counties under a special drought designation which allows armor to apply for emergency loans. they have not called a state wide drought until 1992. >> it's the agricultural interest on high alert when it comes to this ridge of high pressure. we need the world. we grow a lot here in the state of california. as long as this ridge of high pressure is where it is we're not going to get rain. here's what's happening. so you think of the seam as a river of air. this is what carries our storm system across the u.s. from west to east. because of that ridge all of the rain, the storm systems, are

riding to our north, then getting slammed once these make their way across the east coast. we'll see clipper system after clipper system hitting the east coast. we have this ridge of high pressure over our area at least for the next five to six days. we're going to stay warm. we're not expecting significant chances for rain. we might get a little bit of rain. i'll show you that in my next report. really not looking great for us, at least for the next 15 days. 63% of the state in severe drought. we were boosted to extreme. we are waiting on that announcement from the governor. we'll keep you updated. good morning to mike. >> i remember we had to save water if we wanted to water the plants in the house. the bay bridge moving. westbound we have the backup for some of the cash lanes. and building for the lanes to the left. but not a major concern.

no metering lights. we'll look at the maps and talk about the travel across the san mateo bridge. we did have an incident. turns up to be paper. they included that in slowing the approach. a smooth live, and the dumbarton bridge, on the east bay side slow 880 toward malery. the build right about now caused slowing as the incident did take a few seconds to get to the how woulder. a slower drive through sunol, debris and cars over to the side. a lot of rocks reported and an update for the -- i'll bring that once i get -- let's get a live look at our familiar ra. this is westbound approaching the area. you see the shop, we have traffic slowing all lanes

approaching the interchange. >> now to the 49ers and quest for six super bowl titles. two days and counting until the niners and the seahawks tangle. for a trip to the super bowl and playoff fever is spreading. >> it is. bob is live with how the team could be impacting actually your drive home from work. >> yes, terry by the way it's a hustle. not a tangle. letting you know. that was something you were thinking about with. before they head off to seattle 49ers have one last practice here at home in santa clara. we'll go to the apartment and talk about how that impacts your commute. as they are flying north over san francisco on the way to seattle they might want to look out and take a glimpse of this. they might catch a glimpse.

perhaps a good luck charm for the 49ers as they take on the smaux on sunday. to prep for that flight, chris in a few hours is going to begin we creating sandwiches for the team. these have become a ra digs for pretty much every time the team hits the road. one of the coaches turned a few of the players on to them. again around 65 sandwiches, not sure how many of those will be doubling or tripling up. when the niners hit the road there could be a bit of a traffic mess home. a handful down 101 south from team headquarters to 880 south. exiting coleman to the 5:15 p.m. flight. for security reasons there are police escorts expected to shut down the fro near the 101 interchange again where we're talking about. it calls impact your ride home.

there are flights around 5:15. sometimes in the 4:00 hour. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> for the seahawks they are going to get a practice round of their own. we'll tell you how the seahawks roster is shaping up coming up in about ten minutes. >> 6:11. still ahead on "today in the bay," a developing story, smoke and flames continue to burn through hillsides in southern california. there are new concerns about how the wind could actually pick up and fuel this wildfire.

here is a look at today's top stories. six people out of their homes after what investigators call a suspicious fire at an apartment complex in hayward. this is happening 0 cypress avenue near jackson street. the fire damaged at least two apartments and carports. we're told someone was woken up and able to get his neighbors out safely. >> a fire scene in southern california, crews say they are making progress on the wild fire in the angeles national forest 25 miles east of l.a., the fire destroyed five homes, it is now 30% contained. police say one of the three men arrested for this admits that an illegal camp fire likely sparked the flames. >> there could be the names of 17 people and three organizations issued subpoenas, new jersey governor christie's former deputy chief of staff bridget kelly is expected to make the list. >> we know the 49ers are far

better team than the seahawks. >> clearly. the question of course scott mcgrew, is san francisco better than seattle in every way. >> are the grateful dead better than nirvana? our superiority extends to business. san francisco t center of the nation's economy these days. let's look at stocks breaking them down starting with seattle. boeing was founded in seattle, moved to chicago because chicago's better than seattle too. down 41 cents. star bucks 90 cents. microsoft is up but they are not in seattle, they are in redmond so that doesn't count. turn to bay area, twitter not understanding what i'm trying to do here helping me prove a point. tesla knows where it's at charges ahead $6.84. google $1156. the ultimate comparison would be able to look at century link versus levis.

seahawks play at century link field. century link down 20 cents. levi, proud history here is so awesome you can't buy stock in it. it's a prifltly owned company. turning to other news, you know who these are? it's walt mossberg on the left. he quit his job as tech critic of the "wall street journal." david poeg on the left side left from "the new york times." they were arguably the most influential tech reporters in the nation. huge vacancy. it was a coo when a young san francisco reporter was hired to replace mossberg over at "the wall street journal." it was a huge promotion but left "the new york times" without a replacement. who would replace david pog? "the new york times" announced it would be farhad who is leaving the "wall street

journal" after just a couple of weeks. this is an absolutely amazing coup for this guy. it's like coach harbaugh sending you in for kaepernick and gore. kaepernick, you're out. and you, frank, you're out. i'm playing both. i'm just that good. he will leave the journal for the times. man, what a guy. >> thanks a lot. >> i want to check in with christina. a look at the forecast. maybe a peek of the weekend. >> mother nature's resume is not looking very good. temperatures 39 degrees in the north bay, 46 in san francisco. hasn't felt like winter not even for one consecutive week. so far we're going to reach summertime averages and bypass records in every major city. 76 in the east bay, san francisco at 74, in the south bay 77 degrees so here's what we expect records to fall.

this afternoon, everywhere. every site in the bay area will break their record today by at least 5 degrees so that is what we are now coming to. record warmth today. tomorrow through the weekend. and we're not just bypassing records by a little bit. we're crushing them and setting records. to give you an indication of how unusual this is. it will be so nice we're going to see temperatures at the beach in the 72, ocean beach at 71 with big waves headed our way. i want to talk about why. we have this long period west-northwest swell coming in. we have offshore flow. so as that wind blows out toward the wave it hollowed out the barrel making a cleans surfable ride. we're going to see big waves out there. you want to take caution.

don't turn your back to the ocean. let's talk about the big stuff. surfers get ready. 10 to 15 footers, double overhead on sunday. monday 6 to 8 footers. still big waves even on martin luther king jr. day. we'll talk about the sierra nevada conditions. a lot of people like to head out for this holiday weekend. not too bad. we'll talk about that coming up. >> good morning. we're looking at a pleasant drive. it's friday morning, you expect that. often a little lighter but we're looking here a couple of spots to point without the red and orange. southbound 880 as you come down out of union city toward fremont. we have a crash that happened early on at mary. it quickly moved to the shoulder. that was as traffic was coming through. as i understand it all lanes are clear. continuing down in toward through fremont, more issues, a

word of warning we had the tri-valley. we have a predictable pattern here. south of there for 680, we do have reports of rocks and debris hitting cars and causing chips and damaging the paint jobs. earlier truck through the area appears to have spilled a bunch of rocks. that's not related but this was recordedly the brought. more toward 237. there may be a truck there but some klein-up that might be necessary. >> the road crews just about cleared. one of the last spots to show clearing but you have the transition and the lanes open for traffic. the peninsula moves smoothly for 101 along palo alto, wick picking up the volume, we've got

through san mateo, no delays into orb out of san francisco. the bay bridge toll mass, no metering lights, that will get credited. we're looking to the north bay, you have your company. >> mike, thanks. time 6:21. still ahead on "today in the bay," much more as the 9ers chase an nfc championship title. why a high profile seahawk might not be able to be on the field. >> a guy selling seahawks gear along the embark on saturday. >> lonely man. [ laughter ]

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>> now to the 49ers and their quest for six super bowl titles. they will take off and head to seattle for sunday's nfc championship game. >> good luck boys. the niners gear up the seahawks will be out on the practice field in seattle. that's where andrea that can no joins us with a look at a high profile player who could be missing in action on sunday. >> reporter: percy harvin was missing from practice trying to get clearance after suffering a concussion in the game against the new orleans saints. at this point the seahawks wide receivers are preparing for the possibility that harvin will not play on sunday. >> we miss him obviously but i think we're fine without him.

the last two seasons we haven't had him, and i think we've handled it just right and we've handled our business. we won our games, made the big plays we were supposed to make, we obviously want him on the field. he gives a better changes to win but the show must go on. we can't, because we don't have him, so i think our receiver group, we're prepared to up our load even more and do more. >> it's tough because we're all close to percy, we all love him as a teammate and a person so you know, it hurts us to not have him on the field because we know how badly he wants to be on the field. but i think like we consistently said we've got guys around russell, weapons on the outside that can make plays and making plays all season long. i don't think it's so much of a hit on production wise. i just think that we would love to have him because he adds another element. >> reporter: harvin is going through the nfl mandated conugs

test. his status is in the hands of the doctors. if he is a no go doug baldwin will fill in returning kicks. >> if you happen to be a seahawks fan in the bay area you might want to keep to the yourself, one, or be prepared to catch a little grief. >> seattle seahawks be souvenirs. maybe not. >> you would look great in one of these. >> no. no way. >> big 12, 12th man. >> no. >> seahawks souvenirs, folks. >> suck. >> have a nice day. >> not the warmest of receptions for the seahawks fan who it appears was trying to sell seahawks gear. it so happens to be a reporter out of our affiliate in cement in town to cover the game. showed up yesterday to have a little fun i guess with people in san francisco.

>> people in san francisco having fun with him. we have you covered. join nbc bay area tomorrow night for a 49ers special, we'll break down the match-up, joined by our nfl insiders tomorrow night at 6:30. >> 6:27. still ahead an update on breaking news as flames race through a bay area home. why a family was forced to escape through a window. >> live pictures of that fire burning 25 miles east of los angeles, still going this morning. we'll have more on that for you coming up after the break.

breaking news. a family jumps out of a window to escape flames. new details about the overnight house fire next. >> a live look out at san jose. just beginning to get a feel for the day. calendar says winter, the temperature says summer, look at your forecast in moments. >> a live look at the opening

bell, a look and a listen this morning. the markets are off and running. gives you a live look. got it all covered for you on this friday, january 17th, this is "today in the bay." >> good friday morning. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. we begin with a developing story this morning, breaking news along the peninsula. another fire is burning right now, this one in redwood city. san mateo fire crews confirm that a commercial building has gone up in flame, it's happening on douglas avenue not far from woodside avenue. we've got a crew headed to the scene. we'll bring you more as soon as we get it. once again break nugs in redwood city. >> we also have breaking news out of san francisco, three people taken to the hospital

after having to jump out of the window of their own home to escape the flames. the fire started around 3:00 a.m. on apollo street near thornton avenue. christie smith has been in san francisco collecting information all morning. she joins us live again with more information in about 15 minutes. >> we also have a developing story in southern california,ñr live look at a wild fire that is burning there. take a look at these pictures t colby fire. it's about 25 miles east of l.a., destroyed five homes so far. it is only about 30% contained. police say one of the three men arrested admits an ellegal camp fire likely sparked the flames. >> we're going to find out what if any reforms president obama wants to make at the national security agency. tracie potts joins us live and tracie, we expect the president to speak in about an hour and a half from now.

>> right. now we know a little more about what he's going to say. according to a senior official who is familiar with the president's speech, he is going to announce sweeping changes to how the nsa collects data. according to is senior official the president will propose that the national security agency get court approval before searching americans' phone records and someone other than the government hold on to the records. >> we can and should take steps to make the activities we engage in in order to help keep america safe and americans safe. >> reporter: critics say americans should know more. >> could have been a lot more candid up front about this program. >> reporter: new this week reports the nsa is collecting 200 million text messages a day. that plus phone records and allegations of spying on world leaders, all linked by former

nsa contractor edward snowden. >> we're dealing with an agency that didn't have adequate enough sif guards to keep a subcontractor from stealing millions of files. >> reporter: the president is expected to call for more transparency and oversight on the surveillance court. and limit spying on world leaders. opinions are split on this according to the polls in congress is going to have to do something because they have a deadline to reauthorize the collection of those phone records by the end of march. >> we're going to be streaming the president's speech live this morning on our website nbcbayarea.com. you'll see an alert on our home page before the speech is set to begin at 8:00 this morning. >> back to breaking news from the peninsula this morning. we now have a live look from a distance there of a commercial

structure fire that is burning in redwood city. the building went up in fames a short time ago, not far from bay road and woodside avenue. firefighters are there but you can see that kind of a pillar there of black smoke into the air. we'll give it to you as soon as we can. that's the most we have now. we don't know what is on fire, all that we know that is the commercial structure of fire right now. >> time check your forecast. doesn't seem to be the wind is causing much influence on that fire. >> definitely not. you can see from wind speeds we have little wind to show you. a place picking up wind is oakland. your direction shifted. as a result it's about 12 to 13 degrees cooler especially half

moon bay an 24 hours ago. we're still on the way to another record breaking warmth day. temperature this is morning mostly in the 40s, 41 in the north bay. at 38 in the east bay. the first time you hit the 30s so far at this time. and 41 degrees in the south bay. well on the way to record levels. plenty of 70s across the board. 77 degrees in the south bay. you will notice temperatures are going to be the warmest again, morgan hill, los gatos, in the south bay. 77 out in fell ront. shattering temperature records for this date. a lot of people coming in for the three-day weekend. probably bringing their winter gear only to find temperatures in mid-70s in san francisco. so yeah, that's what we're counting on this weekend. it's going to stay nice and warm. your sunday milwaukee shows you

that. you don't have to wait for it. out in the east bay. temperatures reach mid-70s. about 72 out in pleasanton. you are starting out chill sew we're keeping your temperatures down there. here is where we're headed, high clouds,ner -- great beach weather. big waves. by sunday cooler. here's mike. >> the bay bring toll plaza, turned on the metering lights. just turned on about two minutes ago. not a major concern. to the east bay slowing, southbound 880 unexpectedly slow, look at this the entire stretch south of that san mateo bridge approaching mallory avenue. we had the crash which cleared but it was justify at the long time to kick off all of this flowing.

another issue heading toward the dumbarton bridge toll mass. we have slowing and another crash pulled to the shoulder. across your drive is already. once you get to the peninsula that's fine. here off 101, talking about that fire. that is off 101 but not far from there so i'll look at the familiar ra t ones showing you, we show you for alto. i turn it to the north, you see the floom that is just north of our shot. so watch for that. it will be a distraction for folks driving on the peninsula. >> thanks so much. still ahead 49ers chasing a championship in their quest for six. >> coming up why the seahawks say sunday's game is nothing special.

now to the 49ers and their quest for six super bowl titles. this morning the niners will have one more practice round before heading to seattle for sunday's game. >> and as andrea reports the seahawks say business as usual on the practice field. >> reporter: it's hard to tell that a trip to the super bowl is on the line. the seahawks appear to be very relaxed even making jokes with the media but you can tell they are focused on sunday's game. >> obviously you're the last chance to play at century link and that stuff. it's a championship game going to the ultimate championship game but we have developed a way

to practice and prepare so that this isn't something different that we have to deal with. other than the obvious. the obvious is there, and we bring that up front and then we go about our business and try to stay routine, consistent about how we handle these opportunities so we can do it well. we feel like we are well versed and know how we want to go about it so we'll see what happens on game day. >> right now it's just another game. trying to have the best week i possibly can, put myself in the best position to do well and help this team. i'm sure things might change on sunday when i really realize the magnitude of this game but right now i'm just trying to focus in on the game plan and understand who the 49ers are and what they are going to try to do to us. >> reporter: this is the first postseason meeting between twhees and the seahawks unbeatable at home. they won six straight playoff games at century link field all the way back to 2005.

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we begin with breaking news. it's on the pens pen. another fire burning now in redwood city. san mateo county fire confirms a commercial building is up in flames, possibly a machine shop they say now. it's happening on douglas avenue not far from bay road and woodside road. near silver springs network. we'll bring you more information. right now we want to check to

see how this fire is impacting traffic. >> from the live shot you see it's difficult to see the smoke through the haze. let me get you oriented. this is the peninsula. we heard from our friends at cnbc, he says traffic is not impacted because it's so tough to see the smoke they are not slowing but you see how close it is to 101 and 84 going across the screen that's woodside road so close to the major commute routes so far because the smoke seems to be dying down a little there is no slowing for highway 101 but watch that woodside off ramp if you are getting off west of the freeway. there could be traffic control. we'll track this one. back to you. >> now we want to check in with christina loren to see what's going on as far as the smoke and how it's going to be impacting the conditions in that area. >> definitely on the forefront of everybody's mind, terry and laura, because it has been so dry. we had a red flag warning earlier this week. the wind speed now is zero in

redwood city. all of the smoke shooting up in the atmosphere. we're going to get a better look at that as the sun starts to make an appearance. so stick with us here on nbc bay area. we will give you the latest. the good news, though, no real wind to fan that fire. back to you. >> thanks so much. an update to other breaking news. a family had to jump out of a window to escape flames of a house fire. several people recovering at the hospital while the red cross helping neighbors displaced by the fire. it broke out near the bay view district on apollo street near thornton avenue. christie is there. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning to you. firefighters did clear the scene so apollo street back open. the three family members are lucky to be alive after a fire started in their house and the flames blocked the door. they had to jump out of windows to escape including one man believed to be in his 70s.

we're not talking about a small drop. maybe 10 or 12 feet to the ground from that window. this is on apollo and william street in the bay view district, a cottage that caught fire. nirts say a family friend was sleeping downstairs in the same unit and was the first to notice fire was burning near him. >> as he ran upstairs yelling fire to wake everybody else up the fire followed him up the stairs and gained enough headway by the time he got to the top floor there was no exiting the floors. only one set of internal stairs so he actually ended up jumping out the back side window and two people out the front side. >> reporter: these houses are very close together as they are often in san francisco. so neighbors evacuated, banging on each other's door yelling fire, fire. one firefighter tells me a challenge they had to drag hoses down a driveway about 100 to 150

feet because there are a number of units on this same property. that was the only way they could spray water on it. all three family members were hospitalized. at this point the fire under investigation. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. we're keeping an eye on a developing story here in the peninsula. a breaking news story you can see the flames in redwood city on douglas avenue. firefighters believe what they have is a machine shop on fire. this has gone to a fourth alarm? >> it broke out this morning before 6:00 this morning. as you mentioned that machine shop that the could be having a lot of welding material inside. it's grown to four alarms, not far from bay road and woodside road, close to silver springs networks and jenent, k. peggy is headed to the scene.

look how they are trying to attack it. it is a massive one out there. >> again, we have seen the flames going for many some time. the smoke going straight up. there is no wind in that area. so the smoke is going up and the smoke we're seeing is black. meaning that this is going strong and firefighters have not been able to get the water on most of those flames and turn the black smoke into white. spectacular live pictures from the chopper above the seen. >> it's so large and extensive. bay road is a pretty popular thoroughfare. if you are headed to work or live in that area likely obviously it will be glowing in that area. stay away. there could be live wires that could be down in that area. i want to check in with peggy bunker. what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning.

i just got to the scene. this is visible from 101. anybody commuting on 101 will be distracted by the huge plume of smoke i know you guys could see as well. four alarm fire on the ground, firefighters extremely active pulling the hoses, also using the ladder pipes. they are trying to tackle this from the top and the flames are shooding out of the warehouse. you can see a machining shop, and different metal work. are produced here. obviously a lot of flammable items. not sure what the contributing factors are. i can tell you from the ground extremely active. i get out of the way to try to tackle the situation. >> peggy, we've been talking about no wind whatsoever there. so i'm thinking that the smoke is going up and away from

anybody on the ground making it okay for you and the firefighters as well on the ground. >> reporter: it's really interesting because the different trucks have set up kind of in a quadrant around the area. and the smoke luckily it's almost a similar situation to san jose where it seems to be shooting straight up. there a lot of matter into the sky. i don't see it coming back down so. if you were driving south on 101 that's the way that the smoke boom is going. luckily it's not falling back down on the ground because here on the ground and the entire square block area, the firefighters are not having a problem with burning debris. it is shoesing this up in the air. they are running like you would not believe. tackling. from the side, from the street and also with the ladder hoses. >> amazing as well to see all of

the other buildings that are pretty close in there as well. do those look threatened at all? >> i think that's obviously their first concern when they get to a situation like this. they are concerned about it spreading. there are lots of neighbors and maybe people involved with the businesses on the street looking concerned. we just got here so we witness had a chance to chat with people but a lot of people on the street checking out the building. it doesn't look like the way, the angle i'm at. it doesn't seem to be spreading to businesses or buildings. >> what we're seeing from these aerial shots, is some amazing flames, also sudden bursts of new thick black smoke. so it seems that something else new is catching on fire. wow. intense flames right there as you can see the fire coming down. >> it is burning hot, burning fast, we've seen it grow in the

past hour. it's burning for about an hour. but it's the four-alarm fire. crews have it surrounded from above trying to tackle it. let's check in with christina. we were worried about a threat of wind. >> no wind means nothing to fan that smoke. it's going to go straight up. unfortunately this part of town you want to close up your window. you don't want to be breathing in that smoke if you are waking up in red wootd city, close the windows in your home, in your car. through this neighborhood what i can tell you is we don't have significant wind. it's been very dry. the temperature in redwood city about 44 degrees. relative humidity about 80%. you can see the wind is not driving the fire. it's a good news bad news deal. back to you, terry and laura. >> we'll continue to keep it live on these pictures because

the chapper gives us the bird's eye look. it is happening once again on douglas avenue not far from bay road, woodside avenue. it broke out about an hour ago and it is now grown to four alarms. an idea you can see it off 101 this morning, it's close to the silver springs. i want to check with mike. not only a distraction on 101 but some of the surface streets are highly traveled. >> woodside road a couple blocks north and west of 101. sow see all of these flames and the smoke. we have a camera in palo alto. from that we can see what the view is from 101. the haze and the smoke has blended in with the haze. you can barely make out what is.

mostly the trees and that's the reason on my map we're not seeing a significant volume of traffic through the area as far as the slowing goes. we have a smooth flow. slowing of the east bay. the fire on the peninsula. get you located. this is 101 in redwood city. you approach the area, folks might see the smoke and the flashing lights, it is right here. just off the freeway, look how close toward 101 and wood side. a number of alarm companies. the smoke not so clearly visible so slowing southbound, the northbound problem is not existing. travel through the area this is the immediate vicinity and when you get closer this column of smoke but watch douglas avenue at bay road for the immediate traffic control. none for woodside road. sounds like a clear drive but avoid that off ramp because we have a lot of crews taking care of this.

back to you. >> did you see that? the flames are popping up through the roof top. it is burning hot and fast. >> had a ground south. looks comer than it does from the aerial. peggy? >> reporter: hey, i just was chatting with the bay city patrol officer. interesting news on douglas avenue where the machine shop is, there's four residential apartments that are right adjacent to the machining shop. they are burned out. we saw a woman who was looking for her husband. he has been evacuated. she wasn't able to get across the street because of all of the firefighters there trying to put out the flames at the machine shop. these four apartments look completely burned out. i'm hearing that everybody was evacuated. it is an active situation. i talked to some workers, they were showed up for work around

5:00 this morning, saw flames, nobody was there at the time so they called 911. i said what sort of things are flammable. you've got the solvents, the metals for machining, many things that are combustible. wasn't aware until i saw this woman looking for her husband that there are residential apartme apartments. >> she's looking for her husband but the word is everyone has been safely evacuated. right? >> reporter: he says as far as he knows everybody was evacuated in time. >> the confusion of he got out, she got out and who knows where they went. >> exactly, red cross will be headed to the scene. it is a massive fire that is burning there. we've seen red wood city fire.

this continues to burn. there is no chance of going in it at all. just fight it from afar. >> that's the aerial look now. it looks incredible. if we go back to the ground it looks like a different situation. apparently the fire that's burning all of the flames are inside like bowl. >> exactly. look at that thick black smoke. we're not seeing evidence of white smoke at all that shows that it's dying down. stay away from the area if you are close to it you can tell it, keep your windows closed. bay road, but you can see it from 101. are we seeing slowing when it comes to traffic. >> i want to throw this on you, from the 101 area north you can't really make out the smoke because there is so much haze in the air. right center where we saw the

plume of smoke you can't make that out. i'm going to do a jerky camera move. 101 north out of palo alto. we lost the camera. out of palo alto. traffic moves smoothly so far. >> that's good. so far not a problem. we know redwood city fire will keep up their efforts. we'll keep our eyes on what is going on. a fire at fmw machine shop having a lot of solvents, a lot of welding materials. look at the flames leap out of this building. it's on douglas avenue. >> meggy was eling us that four apartments turned. the good news is according to officials they believe everybody who lived in that apartment has gotten out. there is a woman looking for her husband. hopefully she will be reunited with him.

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