building black into the main fire. >> the topped 3700 acres this afternoon and in addition to the 700 firefighters on scene air tankers were brought in, including this dc10. we were underneath it when it unloaded. raining down some of its 12,000- gallon retardant, our only protection an umbrella. targeting hot spots and there were many. the fire there, when the fire clears that area it will look like this, blackened. ash with no vegetation at all. they are a fuel that burned very fast. many fires are back burns. attempts to starve the fire by drawing a line around it. there is too much fuel to fight the fire directly. >> explosive up here.

>> reporter: the fire did reach the summit of mount diablo and up there are communications towers and buildings, including the beacon. when the fire reached the summit there were firefighters up there and they were able to protect those structures. on the south side of mount diablo, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and more details now. long time residents of clayton may remember a lightning sparked wildfire on mount diablo in august of 1977. it was the last major fire to burn on mount diablo. these pictures were taken the day after the fire started. it burned 6,000 acres in a few days along the north side of mount diablo. >> the weather is changes around the mount diablo, our chief meteorologist bill martin is live with how that is helping. >> thicks are changing. -- things are changing. mount diablo, temperatures in

the triple digits and humidities in the teens. high fire danger. the thing that is missing is had strong winds and that is good news for firefighters. that is forcing the fire to burn itself out. 96 degrees right now in walnut creek. san ramon 96. fire zone on the east side of the mountain, near the morgan fire, 97 degrees right now. winds west at 10. i have strong winds blowing 23 out of the northwest. blowing it smoke towards the livermore valley. john fowler will talk about the smoke and the effects. things are changing around. looking at winds on shore, northwesterly breeze. humidities come up and temperatures fall. when i come back i will break that down for you. a better scenario for firefighters into the next 24 hours. >> thank you. >> and ktvu's julie haener is live at the fire -- [no audio]

>> reporter: we are at what is base camp. a small village within this large military reserve. i want to show you what is going on. this is the staging area for the firefighters and local and state agencies battling the morgan tire. we have crews from cal fire as well as east bay parks, livermore, pleasanton, almedia, oakland, richmond along with many others. it is a very busy place. they are on 24 hour shifts. they come off, 24 hours rest, they go back. 700 firefighters trying to knock down the flames and it is a challenging fight however crews are making progress. lot of people have been forced from their homes. nervous homeowners keeping an eye on the flames. our ktvu's cara liu spoke with people forced from their homes. she is in clayton with more on how they are doing.

>> reporter: julie, as you said an anxious time for those asked to evacuate. there are red cross volunteers standing by. they have been asked to keep the shelter open another two days. there are beds and meals here at the community library that are available to the evacuees but only five people checked in last night. another man checked in today after staying with a friend for the first night. he had 2 minutes yesterday afternoon to grab his wallet and phone before being forced to leave his home. >> it is kind of a downer, you know. come to a nice, quiet town, trying to get away, next thing you know, my home might be burning. that is awful. feel sorry for everybody up there right now. >> reporter: the evacuations

cal fire called for are oak hill lane, curry canyon, trail ride road, uppertrail road and lower trail road and east trail road, curry lane and point are also under evacuations. firefighters say if you are asked to evacuate, whether it is mantory or voluntary -- mandatory or volunteer, please do so right away, it helps to get theirquirement into the areas without -- their equipment into the areas without worrying about getting in the way of people. cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >> reporter: we are back here live. we have been watching the smoke coming off the ridge of mount diablo all afternoon and evening last night. i want to show you what it looks like right now. looks like they are making progress knocking down the smoke that has been going since yesterday afternoon when it

started at 1:15 p.m. on the east side. that is the ridge looking towards mount diablo. as you can see there smoke is basically gone, just haze in the air. they have been waiting for signs of progress. up till this point it has been making people worried. john fowler talked with homeowners about what it is like wondering if they could be next. john? >> reporter: i am on a ridge just east of black hawk. we are up here because this is where the wind is blowing and the wind has pushed down that smoke. you can see it laying flat down here. just like bill said it would do. that pushed a stream of ash all across here. >> kind of scary. waiting to hear are we going anywhere? should we stay? >> reporter: smoke erupted from the southern ridge of mount

diablo. the fire on the move. we found people climbing this fire trail to get a better view. >> all different color smokes. black whirl winds going up hundreds of feet. the flames reached up to 50 feet. >> reporter: officials warn people with breathing problems to stay inside. he said he and his dogs were feeling it. >> getting harder to breathe. little unpleasant in the air. >> reporter: she said the air smells like camp fire. stronger. particulates fall to the ground. the size, the chemical content can irritate healthy lungs. >> there is a lot of black smoke. lots of, um, helicopters and airplanes and crazy sight to see. >> reporter: crazy indeed and

people here say it will be a long and nervous night here east of danville. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. julie? [no audio] >> reporter: small village within this large military reserve, they are setting up eating areas, tents, medical tents for the crews to come off the mountains. they work 24 hour shifts and get 24 hour rest. at last count there were 700 firefighters from around the state coordinating to get over here and come in and battle the flames. they are making a lot of progress but this will be long night for the crews here. this is the staging area, where the mobile communication center is set up. they are in charge of making sure the tools are in place to

help communicate with one another. we will be here all night, 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. news watching what happens and bringing you the latest on the fire fight on mount diablo. mount diablo is one of the jewels of the bay area. popular for hikers, bicyclist who use the trails, the beautiful wild flours, beautiful wildlife and the beautiful -- flowers, the beautiful wildlife. we will watch what happens and bring you the latest as we get it. back to you. >> thank you. >> we want to show you a look at the wildfire on mount diablo. >> we have time lapse videos. the photos were taken every six seconds. you can see the flames erupt and shoot skyward. while people can see the smoke, today it could be confusing to

figure out where the smoke is coming from. at 5:35 p.m. a sky tour. we take you into the air with news chopper 2 to see where the fire is and the structures that could be in danger. >> viewers have been sending us pictures of the mount diablo fire. you can see how visible the flames were there last night. another viewer submitted this photo to www.ktvu.com and this photo, she quat one of -- caught one of several air drops. all of these pictures and more are also posted on our website, we have a slide show of the shots that you are sending us. if you want to check them out goo ewww.ktvu.com and look -- go to wck and look under image -- go to www.ktvu.com and look under image. >> coming up the impact it is having on the animals. >> the new information we have learned about a local fan who

lost his life. >> first, 7 violent attacks on the streets of san jose this weekend alone. what the police department is doing to try curve the violence.

we have continuing coverage on violence in san jose over the weekend. police are investigating 7 shootings or stabbings. the attacks left three people dead. ktvu's robert handa has been talking to people in the neighborhoods where the violence happened and police and they told you where they are focusing now? >> reporter: yes. we are in san jose on the property of san jose state university. this is where neighbors discovered a dead body sunday and it capped a violent weekend that has investigators working

around the clock. >> reporter: people living near the san jose state university tennis courts are dazed today after spending yesterday stuck inside their homes while mese conducted a possible homicide investigation. the man who discovered a body inside a jeep and called 911 said it was traumat frequent him and his family -- traumatic for him and his family. >> crazy. nice neighborhood. we can't trust no one, i guess. . >> reporter: jarring? >> yes. especially seeing the body in front of your eyes. >> i didn't see the face or nothing but it was like gave me the chills. >> reporter: friday night a man was shot and killed in san jose. the 35th homicide. and then saturday night a 39-

year-old woman was stabbed to death. san jose's 36th homicide. police arrested a suspect in each of the cases. the department says there were two shootings and two stabbings that didn't result in any deaths. police plan to maintain their summer time staffing. >> our officers will focus on certain areas where we are seeing the more prevalent gang issues. >> reporter: the extra staffing and over time is drawing criticism from the police officer's union. they plan to review a plan tomorrow. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details on the problems facing san jose and crime. more police officers are leaving the job than joining the force. we have been reporting on the approval to add 200 officers in the next four years. but a new study says the number of officers leaving the

department could outnumber new hires. some are retiring and many are leaving to join police departments in other cities. an idea could diffuse the use of peps in syria. secretary of state john kerry said they could avoid a confrontation by handing over all of their chemical weapons. he said russia would support efforts to hand syria's chemical weapons over to international control and destroy them. the white house says it is studying the idea. president obama plans to speak to the nation tomorrow night to lay out his grace a military strike -- case for a military strike against syria. in his interview with cnn the president responded to the use russia would back the

destruction of syria's chemical weapons. >> i have to say that it is unlikely we would have arrived at that point, where there were public statements without a credible military threat. >> president obama also plans to deliver a speech to the nation tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. our time. you can watch the address live right here on -- live right here on ktvu channel 2 news. tomorrow night at 6:00 p.m. >> polls show there is little support for a u.s. attack on syria. on the latest poll, 39% said yes. 59% said no. and when asked the f the president -- if the president should order an attack, 71% said no. 27% said yes. three years ago today a pg&e gas pipeline exploded and

killed 8 people in san bruno. after 6:00 p.m. on september 9, 2010, a gas line ruptured. 60 people were injured and 38 homes destroyed. pg&e has been grilled and regulators are considering a $4 billion fine for the blast. we heard talks -- labor talks resumed between bart and the labor unions. they met this afternoon in oakland. bart is scheduled to meet with the union on thursday. the sticking points remain wages and employee contributions to healthcare and pensions. work on the extension will slow down traffic on major roadways this week. drivers should expect delays on

hof steader road in san jose. capital avenue and the expressway. it is set to open in 2017. let's talk about our weather. particularly the weather by mount diablo where the fire is burbing out of -- burning out of control. we saw it is windy out there. >> that is good. good wind. from the right direction. westerly win. it is bringing in higher humidity and cooler temperatures. big advantage for firefighters. fog along the coast right now. what is happening, out here in contra costa county, out here in alameda, parts of santa clara county, we are seeing the smoke from the fire drifting down. a lot of smoke. be prepared. there is an air quality alert put in place. not a spare the air day, just

an alert letting us know the air,b there is poor air quality. right now 100 degrees in fairfield. 95 walnut creek. the winds are the story. 21 miles per hour winds at san francisco international airport. half moon bay 6. 17 at livermore. right direction. firefighters are looking at the winds right now. the marine layer going good news for us. here is the forecast for the fire zone. tuesday, tomorrow, 81 degrees at lunchtime. right? peaks out tomorrow 90 degrees. winds out of the west in both of these, right? noon and 4:00 p.m. the conditions -- i mean, listen, the fire is burning up the mountain that hasn't burned in a long, long time. small fire but nothing this big. lot of this brush is ready to go. firefighters know that.

you can see, it looks like it is burning out. the fire, even though it is 20% contained it is going up the mountains. they know where it is going to go because the winds are not playing a major factor. tomorrow's high near the fire, low 90s. 92 degrees. nites in fairfield tomorrow. 93 brentwood -- 92 in fairfield tomorrow. 93 in brentwood. cooler day tomorrow. helps firefighters. helps me because i don't like it that hot. hot last couple days and folks are over it. we are getting a break. temperatures trending down wednesday, thursday and friday and saturday and sunday. the heat wave -- not heat wave, but it was hot. there is your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. again that fire -- even though it is not contained it has one place to go. up the side of the hill. once it burns out it will be

done. >> so many are service because we see it, we smell it -- >> impressive looking. [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. controversy and an apology from a bay area tech conference. the joke presentations that some are calling sexist. >> julie haener live at the mount diablo. >> coming up. hundreds of firefighters from around the bay area and the state join forces to battle this blaze. we are learning the latest on the strategy here at the camp. we will have that coming up at 6:00 p.m. [ trina ] i'm a student at devry university.

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mystery solved. a man who was found unconscious in san francisco has been identified. the man was found early saturday morning with head injuries suggesting some kind of fall. he had no i.d. on him. police released this pictures and last night a relative came forward. the hospital hasn't released his name. a second diver has died from an accident. an 18-year-old from oakland drowned friday when he was trying to help a friend struggling in the water and today we learned another driver drowned trying to recover a remote role used in the search -- control used in the search.

this year's tech crunch disrupt. it includes speakers and guests and kicked off by mayor ed lee and runs through wednesday. 30 start up companies are making presentations to compete for a $50,000 prize. the eters are apologizing for -- editors are apologizing today, one for an app developed as a joke. showed peek look -- people looking at cleavage. organizers say every presentation is getting thorough screening from now onward. we continue our team coverage of the wildfire in mount diablo. julie haener is live at the command post. julie? >> reporter: we are here at base camp and the dry season is

making the fight out here even more challenging for firefighters. we will talk with cal fire commander and pock about what the -- and talk about what the strategy is for tonight after the break. >> our wildfire coverage continues from the air. news chopper 2 shows us where the fire is and which communities are in the fire path. >> and a fire rescue in fremont. the measures firefighters used to get the people out just in the nick of time. ♪

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. turning now to the out of control fire in contra costa county on mount diablo. it has quadrupled in size from yesterday. >> the morgan fire burned 3700 acres of dry brush on the eastern side of mount diablo. also forced the evacuation of 100 homes and as of now that fire is only 20% contained. >> julie haener is near the fire. >> and joins us now from the fire command center with new information on the fire. >> reporter: fire crews are making progress knocking down

the flames. it quadrupled over night. one of the largest fires in mount diablo in recent history. i want to bring in cal fire spokesman. tell us what is going to be happening tonight. >> we were able to make good progress on the fire. and then we are also able to build good lines. and we will improve upon the lines. >> reporter: once it gets dark it relies on ground crews. >> correct. >> reporter: are we calling in additional resources? >> i don't have that information available to me right now. >> reporter: okay. talk about these firefighters, they were in colorado battling a fire and then straight to the rim fire, now here fighting the morgan fire, back to back

fires. how hard is that for fire personnel? >> that is one of it things we train for. we take pride in our job so it has been taxing for the firefighters. one of the biggest -- most common thing we say, it take as toll on our families. and then physically we train for it all year long. we are training, when you see firefighters running or working out, they are training just for this time of an event. we are ready all year long for something like this to happen. the last couple months we have been seeing that. >> reporter: the unusually dry season and it creates -- a lot of vegetation, it is hard to get to, and the fuel that it provides, makes the fire grow, what is that like compared to when it is not so dry? >> i have been on sixb mage --

six major fires in season and we are seeing more atrattic fiver behavior, it is more unpredictable. it presents more of a challenge for the firefighters on the line. they have to be more aware of their surroundings. they have to communicate a lot better to the crews around them and one thing we do is we bring in a fire behavior specialist and a weather specialist. and so they are always reporting back to us what the fire is doing, the conditions we are seeing on the field, what we are to expect with the weather and since i got here at 1:00 p.m. the wind picked up here in base camp. that presents another aspect of difficulty for the firefighters on the ground. >> reporter: we appreciate your time. good luck tonight. >> thank you. >> reporter: a long night for firefighters out there and we are hearing another helicopter

landing here hopefully to get more fire retardant to knock down the flames. we want to talk about the animals. a lot of people who had to pack up and forced to flee their homes and a lot of pets and animals and they had to be packed up and put somewhere else to keep them safe. ktvu's christien kafton has been talking with homeowners who had to move their pets and he joins us now. >> reporter: let's give you a lookimate at heather farm in wall -- look. we are here at heather farm in walnut creek. there are four horses here after being forced from their home by the morgan fire. >> scene that repeat over and over -- repeated over and over near mount diablo.

for him it is a little different. >> they are sensitive animals. you think of a horse being strong but they are afraid of fire. >> reporter: the horses have been rescued once from being abandon now they are working to get them out of harm's way. >> we are going to heather farm. >> reporter: heather farm is taking in evacuated horses, as many as 20 horses can call this a temporary home. >> 3, 400 yards. on the ridge above us. we keep our horses out there. you could feel the heat. >> reporter: it is not just domesticated animals. >> the unfortunate part of any fire, lot of animals will get hit hard. >> reporter: he said fire is a formal part of the cycle on

mount diablo. but one that comes with a heavy price. >> next spring we will have the positives of incredible wild flower displays and the negatives of a lot of erosion. >> reporter: they have six properties in the area. one has been burned over. there was a major fire in the 1970s. 7 mount diablo says the area was able to arecover from that fire. -- to recover from that fire. you can see one of the horses we showed you early now safe here at heather farm. live at heather farm, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> reporter: all right. thank you very much. we are going to be staying here. we are expecting another briefing later on tonight. we will be here through the evening get the -- through the evening to get the latest. back to you in the studio. >> mount diablo is a bay area land mark. but getting a good understanding of where the fire

is and isn't could be tricky. so much of the area is rural. so today we used news chopper 2 to give us an aerial tour of the area beginning with the fire started. you see right there on the mountains northeast side. >> reporter: news chopper 2 starts on mount diablo, a day after the fire started. if you have been to mount diablo you have been here, the observation deck which has been spared. today flames game within 50 feet. we saw this huge plume of smoke drifting over the communities. some homes sit empty because of evacuation orders and communities to the east are being watched closely. on the west side you can see nothing burned. this area has high end homes.

communities sit untouched. the interchange and back towards mount diablo. this area has seen some smoke. we sent news chopper 2 to the south end. we could see the smoke all the way from 580. livermore, dublin, and beyond seeing and breathing the effects of the fire on mount diablo. >> we have more pictures that viewers have been sending us of the morgan fire. he was in san ramon when he took this shot. and he shared this photo on facebook. he was on the west side of 680. he shared this picture on facebook. you can see cal fire helicopters working hard to put out flames. all of these pictures and more are on our website. we have slide show of these amazing shots. if you want to check them out

go to www.ktvu.com and look under images. honoring victims of the september 11 attacks. the milestone reached days before the anniversary of the attacks. >> new trouble for george zimmerman. why police were questioning him about an incident with his wife, her father and a gun. >> up next a deadly day at the 49ers home opener. the local fan who lost his life.

we know the name of the man who died yesterday outside candlestick park after the start of the 49ers and packers game. kevin hayes fell from the bridge that heads into the park about 1:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. mayor ed lee said there will be a thorough investigation. >> we want to make sure everything is impected properly. we will -- inspected properly. >> several witnesses say he appeared to be intoxicate and two people were injured after the raiders game yesterday when a railing gave way. witnesses say the two were among many leaning against the rail. right now police are still investigating what happened. a sports research center there may have been more than 2

dozen cases of fans falling at stadiums across the united states over the past 10 years. that would be two to three fall as year at stadiums that total millions of fans every season. firefighters kept back from making a rescue because of a security device and then someone else jumped into action. >> that fire sent 7 people to the hospital. hear from the heroes who got the family out alive. >> and back after the break, cooling, the fog, things are changing. it will get cooler. how is the cooling going to impact firefighters in the east bay. ñáçwçñ

fire investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at a home today. the scene was chaotic as emergency responders rescued three people trapped inside. 7 people in all were injured. ktvu's ann rubin is live from the scene after talking to the hero whose risked their lives to save others. >> reporter: this was the scene where firefighters and police used creative thinking to rescue the family trapped inside. normally a fire truck would have helped, today it was a police cruiser. >> reporter: they are expected to survive. >> they are in icu.

they have smoke inhalation. >> reporter: incredible considering the scene as flames shot into the sky. meltal security bars prevented rescuers from going inside so they turned to the window. >> the male was in the window, too weak to get out. he had minutes. >> the window was too low for a latter and that is where he came in. he drove his cruiser over the curb and against the house. you can see the cents on the hood. -- the dents on the hood. >> the opportunity was there and there was nothing else to use. the car seemed like a good idea. >> we were able to pull the first victim out by just man power on to the police cruiser. >> reporter: two other victims were carried outas well and rushed to the hospital a-- out as well and rushed to the

hospital along with two police officers. >> i tried not to breathe it but i got some of it in me. >> reporter: they are grateful for the quick thinking of firefighters and police. without them the outcome might have been much different. >> i think they are just like family. they will do anything and won't think twice. >> reporter: investigators spent the day here. the cause is still undetermined. live, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. dozens of scientists are working on damage assessment from the rim fire. officials put together a team of 50 scientists to determine what needs be done to prevent mud slides and keep water clean. the burned area emergency response crew is checking other property. it burned 400 square miles. it is 80% contained. firefighters have been

watching for flair ups at the scene of a fire there that started yesterday afternoon south of downtown sonoma that spread to a pallet factory. factory. six structures and several rvs were destroyed. george zimmerman's wife will not press charges despite a 911 call today where she said he threatened her and punched her father. she said her husband punched her father, and threatened both of them while putting his hand on a gun. his attorney denies any wrong doing. she filed for divorce last week. it is getting more expensive to fill up your gas tank. gas prices gone up 3 cents in two weeks. the average price here in

california is $3.86. in san francisco, $3.95 for regular unleaded. that is the most expensive in our state. san jose $3.89. oakland $3.87. more about our weather and bill, just like you called it, it heated up over the weekend. >> we got triple digits inland. you can feel that. 1:30 p.m. this afternoon the winds shifted. it is changing. the winds are coming on shore. good news for firefighters. we have an air quality alert issued for this area, livermore, contra costa county and parts of santa clara county because the smoke from the fire, the morgan fire, drifting down in this direction. know -- imagine that will be in effect tomorrow morning. lows to the numbers.

100 in fairfield. temperatures tomorrow, when i come back, are going to be less. the reason for that, the -- the -- the -- the inversion, is going away. a weaker low pressure center -- weaker high pressure center allows it to stretch out. right now stretched out. it is not above -- maybe 1100 feet. it is deeper than it was. pushing cool, moist air into the bay. that sends temperatures down. tomorrow 8, 10 degrees cooler. that is significant cooling. you will notice it. you will notice it. feels so much better. stays like that for a while. extended forecast, mild weather pattern. speaking of the fire, hot, and humidities low. if we had wind with this, it

would be -- that would be nasty. even though it is hot and dry, just not having the winds is good. 90s. there they are. look at them. further east. lot of 80s. high 80s. vac neal 91. -- vacaville 91. 89 pittsburg. air quality, livermore valley, parts of the santa clara valley, not that great tomorrow. you saw the pictures. in the morning hours, as you look at the five-day forecast, the smoke gets cooler, the smoke settles down. what you will notice it will feel and smell smoky tomorrow morning. as the day goes on, the air warms and the smoke rises out of there. air quality alert big deal.

and temperatures trending down. >> thank you. a big announcement before the anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks. how local victims on flight 93 will be remembered. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] >> reporter: more pictures from the mount diablo fire. plus how he got too close to the fire fighting action, this and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m. there are so many things that we do on a daily basis.

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there is enough money to finish a memorial to night 93. the national park foundation met its goal of raising $40 million for the memorial. it comes two days before the 12 anniversary of the september 11 attacks. >> this is not just a pennsylvania story, anyone who was touched by the events of september 11. >> the funds will help pay for a visitors center, landscaping and other updates. more than 100,000 people

donated money. construction should be complete in 2015. learning more about the victim of a deadly shooting in berkeley. the man was shot before 6:00 p.m. last night and did not survive. neighbors said the victim was a berkeley high grad with two children and he lived in the neighborhood. the victim was visiting friends before the shooting. woman killed has been identified. the shooting happened at 1:30 a.m. yesterday morning at the paradise skate rink. two men were also injured. investigators say it was the result of a fight that began inside. sheriff's deputies are investigating a motive. the president of the naacp is stepping down. he announced today his resignation is effective at the end of the year. he said the travel kept him

away too often from his family. he became the naacp president in 2008 at age 35. the youngest president ever in the organization's 104 year history. san francisco supervisor is taking steps to help distressed homeowners. he announced his plan for a resolution to support the city of richmond's effort to save underwater borrowers. under the plan the city offered to buy 600 mortgages from banks to help homeowners. he said san francisco should be able to do the same thing. >> in san francisco we have a great deal of wealth. i think that a place like richmond could help its residents who are lost or in the process of losing their home. why can't san francisco? >> the resolution introduced today instructs to explore opportunities in san francisco

to adopt a program similar to richmond's. now at 6:00 p.m. i am julie haener live at the base camp as firefighters wage a battle against the fire burning on mount diablo. >> reporter: i am eric rasmussen, the new ammunition in the fight and how it is helping local resources. >> reporter: i am john fowler, wind has flattened thousand smoke from the -- flattened down the smoke from the fire but residents are still worried. >> reporter: i am ken pritchett live at mount diablo, higher up the mountain to the front lines where firefighters are battling the fire. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> looking live at news chopper 2 over mount diablo where smoke and flames are keeping

communities on alert. i am. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> fire crews are preparing for a second night battling flames. 3700 acres burned, 20% contained and 100 homes remain threatened. julie haener is live at the fire command post. >> reporter: this is the base camp. the staging area for the 700 plus firefighters who are out there battling the flames on mount diablo. it is a very busy place and it will be all night long. this is the command center, the communication center. officials want to make sure they have everything set up. the tools in place to help the crews in the field communicate with one another and knock down the flames. when the crews come off the mountain they are on 24 hour shifts, battling for 24