alisa harrington is there live. what is the family doing now?ll kristen, alma, a large extended family lived here. five in the front and three in the back. power lines were knocked over. even crept up that palm tree. this is certainly not the way these people expected to start the new year. >> and one vallejo family starting 2016 without a home, the place they were renting was destroyed and an early morning fire erupting just before a okay. >> it just went pow. that's how fast it was. like an explosion. >> at first it was crackle, then bam. >> the family seen here was too upset to talk on camera. the mother did tell me the sound of the crackling fire woke her up. no smoke alarms. she initially thought someone was trying to break in. the woman barely escaped with her fiance and baby boy. >> he was calm. someone found him a blanket. >> the neighbor ran from her house next door. the heat melted her siding and cracked windows. she uses oxygen for sleep apnea but said the smoke destroyed the tank. firefighters say damage is estimated at $300,000. in

in vallejo, alisa harrington, abc 7 news. >> a house fire in san jose sends one firefighter to the hospital. the fire breaking out on virginia street. no one inside the home was injured but at left three people were displaceed. officers say a firefighter was slightly burned on his face but has been treated and released from the hospital. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> drugs and alcohol may be to blame for the death of a pedestrian on interstate 80 in fairfield this morning. chp said a 33-year-old daily city man was hit and killed by a big rig around 6:40. witnesses reported seeing the man dancing on the freeway just before he was hit by the truck. authorities found the victim's car disabled a short distance away. his name hasn't been released. >> a high school teacher is now in kust by accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student. officers arrested 27-year-old eric hankins at his home. he had been on administrative leave when investigators got word of the possible relationship. he faces felony charge of lewd and lascivious behavior with the ch

abc7 news reporter alisa harrington joins us live with what is left. alisa? >> well, a large extended family lives here, including a baby and two other children. that is one mattress. they're all safe tonight but they can't go home. the family has the challenge of finding a new place to live to start the new year. >> it's like an explosion. you know? mary was asleep when she describes a fireball woke her up before 5:00. temperatures shot this video. a unit next door erupted in flames. they lost just about everything. including christmas presents. >> i started to almost go fund me and i don't know them. i was going to see what kind of help we can get them. it's a new year. >> the family was too upset to talk. the mother did tell me the sound of the crackeling fire woke her up. there were no smoke alarms. she thought someone was trying to break nchl the heat blew out windows of nearby homes and melted some siding. the damage is estimated at $300,000. other family members were also living in the front unit that was also burned. >> them hearing the fire and evacu

abc7 news reporter alisa harrington joins us live with what is left. alisa? >> well, a large extended family lives here, including a baby and two other children. that is one mattress. they're all safe tonight but they can't go home. the family has the challenge of finding a new place to live to start the new year. >> it's like an explosion. you know? mary was asleep when she describes a fireball woke her up before 5:00. temperatures shot this video. a unit next door erupted in flames. they lost just about everything. including christmas presents. >> i started to almost go fund me and i don't know them. i was going to see what kind of help we can get them. it's a new year. >> the family was too upset to talk. the mother did tell me the sound of the crackeling fire woke her up. there were no smoke alarms. she thought someone was trying to break nchl the heat blew out windows of nearby homes and melted some siding. the damage is estimated at $300,000. other family members were also living in the front unit that was also burned. >> them hearing the fire and evacu