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building is a for alarm fire any of units responding the see the letter going up to the talk we see firefighters crawling all over this building in through the windows of the up emergency stairwell let's go live. >> will. >> fully engulfed i cannot even talk to a fire chief hopefully should come over at 632 darter as you can see the firefighters down here they say the fire started on the bottom floor at 824 bridge street when it went all the way to the top floor which is why they decided to pull the firefighters out and use their letters to shooting guard down to the flames because it is just too dangerous for anyone to be inside. there's two buildings, one is on each side they have been evacuated to a total of about 50 people live in the building the car on fire we do not know obviously the cars. but look good all of that smoke which is why
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letting people end of your government's even people who did not get the word to regulate and live down the street they can see the flames, smell the smoke which is why they imposed a self evacuation on to them cells we will take care of the thai prod we will talk to some of the people as you can see a lot of them agree behind me there standing at the corner of hyde, bush on their cell phones talking to people probably family members let them know that there are kate. sir eye from channel four news as a live interview richard name? >> i live to buildings above the one that's on fire. light woke up about 525 x. it is saturn's i smell smoke and a backyard it joins the hospital so i let down by some of the
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reflection of the flame the bright orange and is our the smoke. by some embers coming down into the backyard of my building in hospital and i knew it was real close. the building manager knocked on my door and told us to get out of the building it was about 520 time is now 6:00 a.m. it is been a half hour >> is your almost a >> it? i am when building a way i am pretty sure the building >>. thank you. we will swing back to the camera you can see the fire fighters there are getting extra oxygen takes when i first arrived here at 540 this morning this place was so full of smoke that a lot of people were putting their clothes over their nose and mouth to greet. it was hard to breathe around here. you can
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see the firefighter is climbing up on the side of the building, no one is going inside but they're taking a good look at the place. we'll have another large reported just a few minutes. i will try to check down the fire chief for a live interview. darya. >> wow! you can see the firefighter going headfirst in reading the map floor probably looking for people because you wouldn't go into a building that's falling golfed unless you're trying to save someone's life. >> from what i understand there are no injuries, no fatalities there is going in there to double check and make sure what is going on but they did initiate the evacuations siren i guess this neighborhood has something of that sort that siren went off and allow a lot of people never to get out. as far as we know no injuries, and no fatalities. >> this street is closed
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down is what street? bush, why? >> the street address is bush street. it is closed, and then obviously rainouts sutter is also. i mean height. avoid this area, it is not under control they did not even give me a timetable because it is raging inside on when it might possibly get this fire under control. >> it is that some hospital is this affecting the hospital in any way? patients anyone being evacuated question >> mike i do not believe it is inspecting the hospital, you see the fed at some of the meeting the evince a al- lat to bang the street to problem get dropped off and walk to the hospital. it seems to be fine. >> you see anyone in pajamas, the people who ran
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the crickets are the ones probably the most affected building, you see any of those? >> i don't see any evacuees are a lot of them because this is a defiant a lot of them are standing on the side of your the fire fighters are so busy they do not know the public is so close to the fire, i'm sure once they turned around and looked and they wait a minute you are not authorized to be down here is when i went down to talk to the fire to burn at to identify myself with the media for me to go down there. but a lot of people were standing across the street in their pyjamas, flip-flops'. you can see them, their wings wet suits, that and the corner is wearing sandals. so even though it is called probably that's the only thing he grabbed and ran at an apartment. >> was a son of a crew of firefighters going up to relieve or join fellow firefighters. we would check back with you. thank you. >> talking about the traffic in batts in the area plaza
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hotspot at the bay bridge area. >> good morning but, we're dealing with some street closures. to reiterate heights street is shut down. it is not officially closed off or asking to avoid the area if possible. bay bridges and other major hotspot, 6 06 a.m. those leading lights on about an hour ahead of schedule. the back of his region passed a first over crossings 8, a8 even a0 our approach is even slower. san mateo bridge, alternate route. still dealing with the two lead to an lanes shut down just as the leading lights do two or pretty serious earlier accident. looking at 18 minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze as you make your way towards fremont san francisco. golden gate, and traffic conditions are nice, light take a look at the easy ride is to make way to save francisco. still tracking pretty good dry
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times for you. 24 minutes from novato and san francisco. arrive from highway 37 over to the east beyond 580 still shorts read a manager. cricket and public transit, bart, a string, muni all running on time. this fairly similar forecast what we saw yesterday starting off with the morning fog and the afternoon seeing some sunshine warming temperatures up similar to yesterday. looking at the fog sox into the north bay along much of the peninsula floating down and to san jose hugging the coast. moving into morgan hill this morning we actually could see a fairly slow to left temperatures pretty cool out there if you're up a center rows of 48 degrees, the temperature at about 50, 515 francisco. this afternoon temperatures are seasonal 75 santa rosa, upper 60s san rafael, 63 san francisco
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keeping temperatures and to the upper 60s low '70's right around the bay and the coast temperatures in the '50s. here's a chance of rain as we take it through the weekend talking about the light chance of rain through saturday the better chance the second part of your day on saturday into the evening. that chance could continue into your evening a better chance on sunday picking up a bit more in the way of those rainfall totals. rain will stick around for much of your day on sunday and lundgren into monday. your 7 day around the bay shows the cool down ahead of a series of storms that brings us a fairly unstable weather. >> back with more on a breaking story for alarm fire back live to ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich.
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allied in on a scene at this apartment fire appeared the latter is up there they have been inside and out. looks like they are getting a handle on it. no reports of any injuries or fatalities in this fire that broke out about 45 minutes ago. a live report in a few minutes. >> bay area traffic on hot spot at the bay bridge let's
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>> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. breaking news story for lot of fire in san francisco on- street. will tran is live on the scene. >> >> will on the scene gathering information. everyone evacuated right now. no reports from the fire department of any injuries but we are watching them scale the latter's breaking into windows trying to get everyone out and fight the fire from both sides appeared residential
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units but it up on the building that was on fire. we saw thick flames a short while ago the fire broke out 45 minutes ago was to alarm quickly grew to three- four ornes. this is live with firefighters climbing into the windows to ventilate the buildings. we will follow the latest. we saw thick black smoke than just white smoke coming out. it started and spread to the upper levels. they're trying to fight the fire from above and below. we will get the latest coming up. >> couple traffic tangles the hot spot is a fire and and the bigger hot spot at the bay bridge this morning.
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>> i do want to update the street closures in san francisco as a result of the for alarm fire heidstra is completely shut between solder and bush street. on to other traffic we are tracking the bay bridge as a major hot spot the good news making a bit of a recovery all lanes reopen pass the meter and whites. drive time closing down a bit 16 minutes. quite high for this time of the morning. you may want to take this san mateo bridge in the meantime you can see traffic slightly building here but still in good shape no reports of any incidents or delays. we are quiet at the golden gate bridge easy conditions as
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you make your way southbound towards san francisco novato and to the city limits a decent 24 minutes right now on highway 37 only about nine minutes. crosstown traffic san francisco traffic on the freeway looks good right now 1 01-80 split towards the airport 16 minute trip. >> we will stay dry for today however we do have changes in the next few days. rain to the southwest but we will stay dry. it will be opposite as we head into the weekend in the pacific there's plenty of cloud cover the will push it into your friday soak it brings prickles them we have a series of storms behind that could actually bring us rain. here fog trucker for is set for 6:00 showing us there is fog over the
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immediate bay. it will thicken up into the o'clock hour them by 9:00, kennecott more fog out there not until noon do we see a pullback but keeping fog and low crop cloud cover around we should get some breaks of sunshine but fog playing a big world today current temperatures 50 for san francisco cooler robinson rose up 49 south bay in low to mid '50's and the afternoon temperatures are typical mid-70s for santa rosa 69 for san rafael that is a bit cooler than yesterday temperature should stay into the upper '60's and 70's warmer spots livermore coming in at 76 along half moon bay we will stay into the fifties by the coast. your 7 day around the
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bay you can see changes in store. cooling down significantly tomorrow at head of the storm that is expected to bring us light rain. we could see a chance of rain for the weekend as well best bet is sunday. >> working a few breaking stories one in san francisco right here on the scene of a fire this is at bush and hide. firefighters a live report as we continue our look at that. also keeping track of a hot spot bay bridge major delays of 20 track of a hot spot bay bridge major delays of 20 minutes right now. insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and
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firefighters fighting this fire. listening and still fire on the second floor on the backside. the roof has a partially collapsed as they are having a hard time getting a handle on this fire. no reports of any injuries with the fire as it broke out at about 530 this morning. the buildings are very close together on the street. they are on both sides tried to contain the fire. two other buildings. will tran as a live report coming up. >> a couple of headlines. about two million graco strollers are being recalled because of risks of strangulation and entrapment, announced the u.s. consumer product safety commission on wednesday. the voluntary recall is being conducted in cooperation with the manufacturer, graco children's products inc. of atlanta. cpsc and graco received four reports of infant deaths between 2003 and 2005, as well as five reports of infants becoming entrapped in the strollers, resulting in cuts and bruises.the strollers and travel systems were made before industry standards changed in january 2008 to require larger openings
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between the stroller's tray and seat bottom, preventing the chance of entrapment. >> proposed expansion on the idea of. they sided with neighbors they were upset about heavy traffic and noise of the new 60,000 sq. ft. warehouse would bring. they got approval in august from a planning committee but now is back to the kron board. >> the list of the second set of tower to sections for the self incurred span was supposed to begin today but that has been rescheduled for next week due to a maintenance issue with a piece of equipment. let's look at the animation of the second level being put into place this is the self and currenanchored suspension. you'l be hoisted in the air and attached to the first level of the tower. it could cause
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a distraction for drivers watching this happen. construction began sunday. >> stock futures are headed higher the doubt opening before below the 11,000 mark for the first time in a week after dropping 165 point yesterday. federal reserve releasing the beige book. the fbi investigate foreclosures crisis. yah hoo reporting higher net income. >> 6:26 a.m. more on our developing stories including that fire in san francisco and the hot spot at the bay bridge. the big back up but that toll plaza. the weight is 20 minutes or more of a live report on that. live on the scene of the for alarm
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the teeth three injuries from this fire. it is still a lot of control at 824 n. hyde street three people taken to hospital to in the building caught on fire another one right next door to inform smokers inhalation. there is another ladder to bring water down to the building because the roof has partially collapsed. it is too dangerous to be inside right now. the smoke is thicker as they try to pour water on to the fire. i was down the hill and you can see through the building and the fire right now is on the top floor in one of the nets blaze orange inside. more water they put on to the fire you can see the smoke rising to the sky. police department have gotten orders to maintain the public and tell them back up and get away from the scene
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because for a while all lot to be evacuated residents went across the street and were looking into the building itself the firefighters are so busy they didn't notice and once they did they told the police department to get them away because they were simply getting in the way of the firefighters doing their job. another letteletter reachig to the top floor of the building. water is not an issue even though this is the help the pressure is fine. they have to stay away it is too late to stave the building but they can save lives. this people evacuated from the building to building is one on each side those people have also been evacuated. let swing the camera over and see if we can talk to the residents who stepped out of the building. i'm from channel
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for this is like to be. to live in one of those buildings? >> did you smell the fire? >> i smell weird and i opened the door and i saw a big fire. >> you just grab your slippers and ran out? >> >> yes. what about you sir. >> anybody. sir, i'm from channel four news this is live television. you are affected by the fire? >know. >> did you see the fire. >> it was the biggest fire i have ever seen we are
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sleeping and it was something burning like a big fire. the neighbors are knocking on the doors and we were wondering what was going on. they said this is cooking. i got my backpack and we ran out. >> so you could see the fire as you walked out? >> room where we are the next building it was burning down when i open my window everything was falling apart and i thought we need to get out of here. >> or use threatened with injury or death was a fire close to you? >> we were in the next building. i said we need to get out that's all i thought.
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>> let's go back to the scene according to the fire chief she said it started on the bottom floor got hot quickly and move all the way to the top floor. that building looks destroyed at this point. we will monitor the situation and hopefully get you a live report from the scene. >> did you get to a report on those three injuries? >> they think it has been swept that there are no injuries any more. there are no people inside at this time. they seemed like everybody is out. they are going through the fire escape to make short but i don't see anybody inside there was not an urgency to go inside to look for more people. it seems like three injuries and smoke
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inhalation not life- threatening. i'm trying my best to get a lot live interview but she is so inundated with what's going on right now as soon as she can she will break away and talk to kron 4 first. >> we will continue to monitor this >>. let's go to arafat in the traffic center traffic is being read rerouted. >> the bay bridge in just one second improvement there but look at this map we aren't dealing with major street closures hyde street closed between solder and bush but we are hearing that larkin is also shut down. fire crews asking you avoid the area if you can. the bay bridge another hot spot that solid backup coming from all approaches
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we had an earlier accident shutting down to the left hand lanes resulting in the metering lights suckling on the. i back up and extending toward the foot of the maze. 20 minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont streets him francisco. san mateo bridge looking good only a minor back up at the toll plaza. san francisco traffic james lick in south-central moving well right now we saw a bit of a back up earlier but incident free here 1 0180 split towards the airport 17 minute trip. on to the south bay not a hot spot yet incident free north down 1 01 traffic sluggish making your way towards trouble occurs. 50 minutes as you approached santa clara. let's get the latest on the forecast would leave
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>> them. we have dry weather today but as we head into tomorrow rain continues through the weekend and next week right now we're looking at when are they are expected to move in downtown san francisco under quite a bit of fog and low cloud cover we expect to see that unsettled weather. fog trucker is showing that is often through the north bay and the peninsula. it is in san jose and san bruno gas. also towards the livermore valley our current temperatures kind of cool pierre 40 since then rosa and napa, 564 oakland this morning. this afternoon temperatures will warm-up breaks of sunshine brings us to mid-70s for santa rosa, 63 san francisco so few degrees cooler than where we
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were yesterday the fog could be slower to live today. in the south bay 76 and los gatos same with livermore and antioch. 70 in east bank as we head towards the weekend chance of showers. like chance of showers terrier saturday but the chance for the north bay along the peninsula this light green shows us a slim chance of showers. towards evening in actually picks up and we could see heavier rain on your sunday. better chance of rain on sunday it could last much of the day into the evening and also into monday as well. 7 day around the bay shows as big changes at cool down tomorrow increasing cloud cover at head of a series of storage systems expected to bring us wet weather. >> 6:38 a.m. much more on our breaking story out of san francisco big fire three
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of san francisco apartment fire word of three injuries and 50 people evacuated from this building on fire. two adjacent buildings as well. they are trying to get a handle on this fire 100 firefighters on the scene. it broke out over an hour ago the flames have been stubborn. like to the scene and have a report in a moment. >> we have been watching the market all week we have seen a dramatic move this. they were positive before the opening bell. and right now
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it is up 40 points. we ended yesterday below the 10,000 mark. s&p is down 14, nasdaq up. quarterly resort results are due out of major banks we will hear from manufacturers and airlines as well today. internet companies will take over after the markets closed. >> 643 is the time right now a big story we have been following apple is holding a press conference as usual details are scarce on exactly what is going to be announced. we know they will talk about the next operating system. a couple may announce a new mac air. a couple might announce a
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♪ tell'em something, where to go and what it's all about ♪ ♪ tell them how to feel when they shout it out ♪ ♪ tell everybody else ♪ and everyone ♪ tell everybody else breaking news coverage of the fire on hyde street will tran is live at the scene right now taking a look. >> the fire is still going on at this time the fire fighters still spring water on to the building. they are getting close to containment joining me now is fire chief joanne who it is kind enough to break away to tell us the latest. are you near getting this wrapped up? >> we will be here all
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morning we are close contain take containment 515 this morning we got our working fire called. it's then a unit residential structure for stories. fully involved. at all residents were evacuated. the crews were inside about half an hour inside we pull them out because it became structurally unsafe. >> how did it move so quickly was on the first floor and then it went quickly to the fourth floor. >> we don't know the point of admission or the sources it did trouble very quickly. not only was the fire burning. but the adjoining building is involved as well. we've got you waited three buildings for safety purposes red cross is on scene. human services for the city coordinating
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shelter for the people that are displaced. >> the roof has partially collapsed is the completely gone now. >> it is structural leak in question that's why we pulled our firefighters out. we have the 105 firefighters at the scene right now so forth the fire. we have been on c 90 minutes it's not quite contained but we're getting a good handle on it. three injuries fighting understanding is non life- threatening just smoke inhalation at this time. >> are you confident it has been swept there's nobody inside? >> well midway through we polled our people out we will have to go back again in the light of day and take look once it is deemed safe to do so. we have not
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accounted for everyone but we have been told residents are sheltered and they're talking about neighbors. >> it is near containment is it about the heavy lifting being done. >> it's mostly clean up and a continuation to suppress the fire. at this point we have a much better handle on it than we did say 30 minutes ago they are aggressive and a city like this slight wind conditions this morning you need to getting quick as possible so you don't lose the rest of the block. >> and the estimated time on containment? >> i was a 20-30 minutes. >> thank you for talking to us. this is hyde street it is occupied by the latter's down the hall that intersection is blocked off so of your coming down by all means avoid it. it is
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choked full of media and cars. it seems like they are getting close but they will be out here throughout the day. >> this will be an issue in san francisco this morning. >> watching traffic in the area and the bridge as well. >> the street closures are expanding looking at our maps hyde street is closed between solder and pine, as well as bush, fire crews are saying to avoid the entire area. >> another hot spot southbound 882 lanes currently blocked the 223 vehicle accident. speeds are 14 mi. an hour at the slowest the back up extending toward '92. we will keep you updated when the lanes reopened. >> a look at the bay bridge
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fallen making a bit of a recovery you can see a bit more movement in the cash and fast track lanes. the back up into the foot of the maze but drive times considerably lower 17 minutes from the foot of the maze towards fremont street san francisco. as always take the san mateo bridge conditions looking good their most directions across the span still not dealing with much of the back up at the toll plaza. >> good morning america waking up to morning fog out there similar to yesterday temperatures however expected to warming to the afternoon. san mateo temperature 51 degrees by noontime 65 the high today 69 degrees back down to the upper 50s by the 8:00 hour. here's a look at satellite picture it shows quite a bit of the rain down to southern california. we are staying high and dry for today as you look out in the pacific
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you can see plenty of cloud cover that is expected to push into our area early friday we could pick up sprinkles some believe are not typhoon may eat in the western pacific could bring moisture into our area at towards the weekend. we could deal allowed that and get some wet weather by the later part of your weekend. dealing with morning fog this morning it within the next hour we will see the fog thickened up will not until 10:00 we sealant p c peeling back. we continue with the fog along the peninsula even in the afternoon today. your current temperatures outside '40's-fifties 70 shows as " a bit of rain outside '40's-fifties 70 shows as " a bit of rain towards the weekend. matt, my mercury agent, helped me file a claim right away. turns out mercury not only saves me money,
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meg whitman. cut administrative overhead. put more money in the classroom. more charter schools. jerry brown? his union backers want to make it nearly impossible to fire a bad teacher. they oppose reform. oppose charter schools. oppose change. jerry brown: no changes in education. meg whitman: more money in the classroom. more charter schools. a chance for change. 656 a recap of breaking news story here's what we know at this point. the fire
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between sutter ambush. it is a for alarm fire the three people have been injured crews will remain on the scene throughout the morning they expect full containment within 30 minutes. >> we will be right back watching on hot spot big back up this morning after an earlier accident just back up this morning after an earlier accident just pthis is your captain speaking. we are 14th in line for takeoff. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! ♪
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