we have new information on the size of the morgan fire raging in contra costa county that's threatening nearly 100 homes and what calfire says it needs to battle this growing wildfire in mt. diablo state park. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. we're continuing to follow developing news out of contra costa where the wildfire is burning out of control. the morgan hill fire is burning on the eastern side of the mt.

diablo. overnight, the fire doubled in size since it broke out yesterday afternoon around 1:30 and we just received new numbers on how big the fire is right now. so far, it has burned more than 3,000 acres. these are live pictures of some of the fire lines from newschopper2. crews are getting a handle on it and right now it's 20% contained and nearly 100 homes are under a mandatory evacuation. rosemary orozco is tracking the fire conditions and brian flores is talking to evacuees. we begin our coverage with tara moriarty who joins us live near the fire lines in clayton. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon. we're at the end of curry canyon. you can see the ridge up there. we've noticed flames leap up over the ridge several times since we've been here for the of past couple of hours. now it seems it's quieting

down. the smoke is a whitish color. it appears things are getting better. it's lows smoky than it was a couple of hours ago. the wind had picked up. it's erratic. a care caravan of air strikes. 500 firefighters are now tackling this fire that doubled in size overnight. >> i'm not leaving. i'm staying. >> reporter: jack wilson knows he should leave but says he can't. >> i've got a brand-new house that i've built here. you can see it. i've been working on that for three years. i have to protect it. >> reporter: wilson says crews have bound to take a stand near his home. he's not worried but others are not taking chances. >> got a couple of lamas. i have to let them loose. it's the worse i've had. >> i have horses, dogs, cats. you do what you have to do. >> reporter: firefighters are trying to protect historic state buildings and a communication tower on the top of mt. diablo as this fire

surges the summit. >> we've got some very steep rugged terrain. a lot of it is very inhack sessible for our firefighters to get into it so getting some of those hot spots out will be real critical today. >> reporter: evacuations are underway for trail ray, russell, east upper and lower trail road, oakville lane, and the curry point area. >> you can never tell when the winds are golden going to surface and push down. >> reporter: wilson said they've cleared all of the brush around his home. this is a very dynamic fire. so everyone is on their guard. live near clayton, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. let's go to rosemary tracking the weather conditions. >> it is hot out there, once again, for today. that works in favor of the

fire. it burns faster. tara actually said that the winds are erattic. that's because even though the winds are coming from the northwest and west primarily, the canyons and the fire, definitely can create their own winds and that happens probably happening today. the winds are northwest at times, 17 miles an hour. expected to grow a little faster in the afternoon. relative humidity is not bad. the one positive thing about the westerly wind is that it's coming in from the pacific. it's a moisturer wind and that could help slow the fire a little bit. if we have wind, at least it's coming with a moist flow and not from the northeast, which would be dry. now, the air quality management district has decided to issue a smoke quality alert there. it's for contra costa county, alameda county, and areas right around santa clara county. again, it's because of the winds, the way they are blowing, north and northwest. i've put the arrows for which way the smoke will be drifting

towards areas near antioch, perhaps brentwood but farther south as you get into areas around livermore and then down closer to the santa clara area. so we'll be tracking the fire. we'll have the latest on ktvu.com right here on ktvu and then an update at 5:00. tori? >> thank you. the official evacuation center for the morgan fire is the clayton community library at 1625 clayton road. since much of the area is considered horse country, many evacuees with horses can go to the contra costa county fairgrounds in antioch or heather farms park in walnut creek. that's where we find brian flores who talked to some horse owners. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. if you are familiar with the area of clayton, there's many ranches and tables. there's about six horses, four, and two over here. they are calling this place

home until the owners are given the go ahead to go back home. owners were able to find other places to house their horses. but here in walnut creek, there's still plenty of room for evacuated horses. right now there are six. a volunteer group have the capacity right now to take on about 20 to 25 additional horses if need be. they say they've actually gotten calls from a ranch in alamo because the noek is becoming a danger to the horses' health. there was another ranch from clayton that came back to see if they could house their horses here. for the horses here, they are doing fine. one owner brought two horses. he said the fire was pretty close to endangering his horses. >> every 300, 400 yards it was on the ridge above it. we don't live out there.

we keep our horses out there. you can feel the heat. >> reporter: the horses here are in good condition. they are being fell wed and taken care of. many companies have come and donated horses' needs and care feed. you can see the smoke coming over the ridge here on mt. diablo. as for the other pets, we understand there are a couple of places taking them in. we understand that clayton valley hospital has room for 20 dogs and cats, even birds. we understand there's a dog care facility, they had to be evacuated last night at 5:00. according to a voice mail greeting on the phone, they are doing fine. we're live in walnut creek, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. our viewers have been sending us their pictures of the mt. diablo fire. this one came in by e-mail. eric shot it at midnight. rich sent his picture via e-

mail. and larry shared this picture on the west side of 680 in danville around 6:15 this morning. on ktvu.com we have a slide show of the photos since the fire began as well as incredible time lapse video at ktvu.com under hot topics. police are busy investigating several killings from a bloody weekend. investigators in richmond, san jose, and berkeley are looking into at least three homicides. a 21-year-old richmond man died yesterday after being shot saturday on fourth street in the city's iron triangle neighborhood. san jose state university police have not yet said how a man was killed yesterday on campus. his body was found inside an suv near sparten stadium. his identity has not been released but police say he was not a student. the identity of a man killed last night in berkeley has not been released. he was shot and killed near 8th and page streets. no word on the motive.

but police have a suspect in custody. the san francisco medical examiner has released the name of a man who died yesterday outside of candlestick park shortly after the start of the 49ers' game. 32-year-old kevin hayes of hayward fell from the jamestown pedestrian bridge near jamestown and harney way. he was walking with his brother at the time. several witnesses said he appeared to be intoxicated. police in indianapolis are investigating a railing collapse that happened shortly after the colts/raiders' game yesterday. two people were injured after witnesses say they were leaning against a railing above the tuble used by the raiders and it gave way. one fan was taken away on a stretcher. the other was rolled out in a wheelchair. now to our continuing coverage on the crisis in syria. tomorrow, president obama is scheduled to address the nation regarding possible u.s. military action in syria. craig boswell reports while there's still a lot of work to

convince congress and the u.s. public about this move, there may be a glimmer of hope on the international stage. >> right now, the odds are against it though i be voting yes. >> reporter: today every member of congress will participate in closed-door, classified briefings. the senate appeared to back his request to authorize military action but it's tougher in the house. >> if we vote no, then the president has to find another path and america has to find another path to settle this sir ryan war as best -- syrian war as best we can. >> reporter: in london, john  kerry implied that president assad could avoid a military strike by handing over his chemical weapons. >> he could turn them over to the international committee in the next week. >> reporter: the state department later clarified that kerry was making a rear to cal comment about the impossibility of assad turning over any chemical weapons. some analysts say it's not the

lack of evidence about the use of chemical weapons. it's a mixed message from the administration. >> i think the administration has been schizophrenic about this. the president is saying this is urger gent -- urgent but he didn't call the congress back. >> reporter: the senate could vote as early as wednesdayed on the resolution -- on wednesday authorizing the use of force. craig boswell, fox news. >> you can watch the president's address live here. it's scheduled for tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. pacific time. in just go an hour, b.a.r.t. management is scheduled to head back to the bargaining table. this will be the first time the two sides have met since the cooling off was ordered last month. both sides still agree on pay and benefits and if no deal is reached before the deadline of october 10th, b.a.r.t. workers could go on strike

again. >> reporter: a fire in fremont sends seven people to the hospital including police officers and firefighters. their conditions and the heroic rescue -- coming up. we're continuing to monitor a developing story on the mt. diablo grass fire which is now 20% contained.

investigators are on the scene of a house fire that sent seven people to the hospital including firefighters and police officers. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us from fremont now to tell us the story of the heroic rescue. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. well, fire investigators have been here all morning combing through this house looking for clues as to how this fire started. you can see it's roped off. it's gutted. the three people inside were rescued after a police officer spotted a man trapped behind that window. this home on fairwell drive off mowry looked like a fireball as flames engulfed it at 4:30 a.m. the fire ate away at the roof at firefighters attacked it. >> the flames were probably shooting 60 feet in the air. >> i was concerned my house was gonna catch on fire. we have wood shake roof. >> reporter: a couple of and an adult son were trapped inside. police officers and firefighters worked together to pull the victims out of the

side window. >> a police officer drove his unit up to the house. firefighters were able to get on the hood an pull out the first victim who was conscious at the time. >> reporter: another man and woman were found inside unconscious. they were rushed to the hospital along with two police officers who suffered smoke inhalation and two firefighters who were burned. firefighters struggled to get through the front door because it had metal bar security doors and a dead bolt. they say it hampered their efforts to pout out the flames quickly. >> it's pretty scary it's this close to home. it could happen so fast the whole house up in smoke. >> reporter: the roof started to collapse. firefighters pulled back to safety. even though they knocked the fire down, the house was destroyed. as the morning went on, neighbors wondered how the victims were doing and they want answers. >> what caused it? anything i can prevent in my house from this happening. >> reporter: many neighbors say this brought back memories of a fire that happened here 30

years ago when a helicopter crashed. while these are different circumstances, many are still curious, again, to find out what caused all of this. reporting live from fremont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. back now to our is developing story, the wildfire, this is from newschopper2. still a lot of flames and smoke. so far the fire has burned 3,000 acres. it's 20% contained. nearly 100 homes are still threatened. the official evacuation center is the clayton community library. 6125 clayton road. evacuees with horses can go to the heather farms park in walnut creek or the contra costa county fairgrounds in antioch. today marks three years since the deadly san bruno pipeline explosion and fire. just after 6:00 p.m. on the evening of september 9th, 2010, a 30-inch naferlt gas pipeline blew up in the

crestmoore neighborhood. eight people were killed. another 60 injured. 38 homes destroyed. pg&e has been grilled over its record-keeping and state regulators are considering a $4 billion fine against the utility for the deadly blast. the drowning of an oakland man has led to the death of a salvage driver. the man died friday when he tried to help a friend struggling in the water. yesterday, diver ken smith was trying to recover a remote- controlled vehicle used in the search for the body. it had been tangled in vegetation. two sherr hif avenue deputies were -- sheriff's deputies were injured but are expected to recover. as soon as today, california lawmakers could approve naming the san francisco side of the bridge after willie brown. the resolution is quickly moving through the state legislature. brown wrote an editorial against naming the bridge after him. but according to reports, the proposal has the support of the

politically powerful ncaa as well as many lawmakers. meanwhile, the new span of the bay bridge eastern side has a new troll. this is a picture of the old one. steel workers put it on the eastern span after the loma prieta earthquake. it was taken down during the transition of the new span. a new one has been installed but it is not saying where. the old one may be headed for a museum. we have a hot day shaping up for our inland cities already. if you are along the coastline, well, it's quite the opposite. we have the low clouds you can see there this will continue for today. we have a weak onshore breeze. show you the winds coming up in a moment. let's take a look at the low clouds and the fog up against the coast. pacifica, still mostly gray but take a look at this. half moon bay has managed to

clear with mostly sunny skies at the moment. you can see it's right about here. you get away from the coast and we have stly clear skies, mostly sunny conditions. i'm watching a weak onshore breeze through fairfield, ten miles an hour. at the to of the hour, we were talking about the winds at mt. diablo north and west. that will be the case for the afternoon as well. i do expect they will be picking up a little bit. but if you are in the communities south and east of that fire, chances are, you may see the smoke, you may smell the smoke. if you smell the smoke, it's a good idea to keep your outdoor activities limited for today. temperatures heating up. 81 for concord right now. 91 reported in walnut creek. upper 78 os in livermore and -- upper 80s in livermore and you are expected to go up 5, 10 degrees by the afternoon. 84 in novato. 80 in santa rosa. get along the peninsula, it's a mild day as we get into the afternoon, temperatures warming a few degrees over what we saw a moment ago with widespread 70s around the bay at this

hour. 89 in the afternoon. for novato, 90, santa rosa. get closer to the water. it's a comfortable day, upper 70s to near 80 degrees. alameda, san leandro and oakland. inland, another scorcherring, 100 -- scorcher, 100. along the peninsula 83 redwood city, 80 for san mateo, low 70s in san francisco. upper of 60s to low 70s along the coastline. if you don't like the heat, here's the good news, take a look at tuesday -- a big drop in temperatures coming to the inland communities by 10 degrees. you will feel that around the bay. mid-70s to low 70s in the forecast. low to mid-60s will remain along the coastline. we settle in the pattern where we're mild around the bay. we're warm inland. nothing too hot. this will last all the way into the weekend with your bay area weekend in view.

upper 80s in the forecast. low 70s along the bay and 60s along the coast. >> one more day of hot weather. thank you. >> you are welcome. this is the first season of the nfl day. today is the start of raiders' week in oakland. fans and raiderettes were down for a rally. willie brown was there along with mayor jean quan. a raider flag was raised over city hall during the event and the former raider greats talked about how schools are a link to being successful. >> don't follow someone. be a leader. and classrooms,s most important thing in your life, staying out of trouble. >> there are a series of events taking place as part of raider week. they include discounts at chabot space and science center and a 5-k run on saturday at the coliseum. apple's big event is one

day away. the new products expected to be announced tomorrow including a high-tech security feature.

stock market is up about 1% right now thanks to good news from china. also two big mergers. neiman marcus was sold for $6 billion and coke industries bought an electric componentmaker for over $7 billion. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 140.

the nasdaq is up 43. s&p up 15. and apple's stock is helping boost the markets as well. tomorrow the company is expected to unveil its newest version of the iphone, possibly an iphone 5-s. there's reports that it will feature a fingerprint recognition feature to unlock the phone and fans are hoping for a cheaper version of the phone with a variety of different colors. apple's stock is up 1.5%. starting today, microsoft is making the x-box music streaming available free on the web even for those who don't use window 8. the company says it could also help it compete with other digital music offerings like pandora, spotify and itunes. coming up at 5:00 -- we're continuing our team coverage of the wildfire burning out of

control in mt. diablo. we'll update you on the fight along the fire lines, the evacuations in place and take to the air to show you where the fire is burning. that's all coming up today at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we'll tell you the next time news breaks. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. have a great day. [ male announcer ] at sizzler...

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