- yes, sir. - this week, i was undercover working at your econolodge property. - okay.t's a surprise. - i walked around your property a lot. you got a roof issue which needs to be fixed. you got other detail issues. you know what this is. you know how to do this. - okay. - i need this property to be pristine. - absolutely. - and to be an example that represents us the right way. - right. - can i get your commitment to work on the property? - absolutely, sir. - that's exactly what i wanted to hear. thank you for coming in. really appreciate it. - well thank. very good. our company has just taken over that property so i totally agree. the property needs continued work and we--we're working-- our company's working on getting that done. - ricardo, you worked me hard. it was good. but you inspired me. - thank you. - i've talked to your general manager. and we're gonna bring that property back to the shape that it ought to be in. - i would love that. - the other thing, i need to have you be more efficient, get more work done. as a result, the property will be better. so you k

- yes, sir. - this week, i was undercover working at your econolodge property. - okay.t's a surprise. - i walked around your property a lot. you got a roof issue which needs to be fixed. you got other detail issues. you know what this is. you know how to do this. - okay. - i need this property to be pristine. - absolutely. - and to be an example that represents us the right way. - right. - can i get your commitment to work on the property? - absolutely, sir. - that's exactly what i wanted to hear. thank you for coming in. really appreciate it. - well thank. very good. our company has just taken over that property so i totally agree. the property needs continued work and we--we're working-- our company's working on getting that done. - ricardo, you worked me hard. it was good. but you inspired me. - thank you. - i've talked to your general manager. and we're gonna bring that property back to the shape that it ought to be in. - i would love that. - the other thing, i need to have you be more efficient, get more work done. as a result, the property will be better. so you k

across the street at the econ econolodge gas station. on san bruno avenue. i had no sooner paid for my gas. it just happened. >> what happened? what is on fire? >> my guess is that considering where the area is now after a driving away, it might have hit something in a residential area due to already-mentioned dry eucalyptus. under brush. so... it was -- san bruno gets quite warm almost year round. so something happened in that area. and this does sound like a dull airplane engine going off. and it's a big explosion. i'm -- down in the aefr in south san francisco. i can still see dark clouds. yes. >> we can see them here from san francisco. this is a huge fire. did you hear anything else? before you saw the flames? can you describe that for us again? >> flames were just -- they were big. i was well over the divider in the area. no sooner do we see the explosion than we can see a car just trying to drive up onto the island to get away from it. everyone started to run towards there. and then, the gas station had emptied out. but for me... for this is like two