bryan flores has been monitoring this all morning and joins us live from treasure island. >> reporter: good afternoon i wish i had better news but traffic on the bay bridge continues to be a mess. cal tran was expected to open all the lanes by noon but they just extended it to 3:00 p.m. we understand the far left lane near 5th street is the only one that remains open at this hour. it has no question become a headache for commuters today. >> we know of the monday morning traffic on the bay bridge. nothing quite like this. >> the damage is done and there's not much we can do about it now. >> around 5:45 huge flames came shooting out of this big rig. this is video shot by a commuter as they passed the scene. you can see the huge flames coming from the truck. this is another view from another viewer. >> he pulled to the right shoulder, exited his vehicle and saw smoke coming from within the compartment. >> the driver was on his way from castro valley to south san francisco to make a delivery when his front tire blew out. just before the 5th street exit he moved to the right shoulder. befo

flores is in the newsroom right now. and the federal government is taking the lead in the investigation, bryan. >>> that's right.derstand the crash is not affecting flights as we speak at birmingham's international airport. about 140 residents had their power cut up as crews fought flames from the wreckage as a precaution. the ntsb is expected to arrive shortly. they say it's still early on in the investigation. u.p.s. flight 1351 was on its way from louisville to alabama when it crashed. the ntsb said it's an airbus a- 300 series cargo plane. they say the crash happened as the plane was on approach towards birmingham- shuttlesworth. officials say the pilot and copilot were killed at the scene. it's believed they were the only passengers on board the plane. at this point, it doesn't appear any homes were affected and no other injuries were reported on the ground. but the mayor of birmingham says debris is spread all over the place. >> we don't know why it crashed. it left a pretty long debris field and broke up into several part parts with the -- parts with the fuselage and the wings separated. >> several reside