>>full video of an explosion at refinery in krakow this happened earlier this t all cause some seriousin pcefo crockett rodeo and the northern part of hercules which is still in effect at this hour. >>all due to the smoke and the

>>full video of an explosion at refinery in krakow this happened earlier this afternoon. and it all cause some serious problems including brush fires, road closures and ood evening, i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore, the thick black smoke has led to a shelter in place alert for crockett rodeo and the northern part of hercules which is still in effect at this hour. >>all due to the smoke and the chemicals in the air. here's what we know so far again that shelter in place has been ordered for crockett rodeo and northern hercules. the fire is burning at the new star facility as of right now there are still 2 tanks on fire and there are road closures on both interstate 80 and highway 4 interstate 80 is now closed until at least midnight the map of the shelter-in-place area contra costa. county hazardous materials advises anyone living near the new star energy facility in crockett to stay inside. >>keep the windows and doors closed because of the fire and the contaminants want to go now to kron four's j r stone who is live in crockett for us at the fire right now j r you were th

open it was shut down for a time yesterday back open again this morning course will tran is live in krakow with the very latest on the fire. the reason why probably they want to continue shutting it down james and area because it's such a. >>fluid situation now that the sun is you can clearly see just the charred land right next to the tanks and in fact you can see all those vehicles often the distance and know that of course is not snow that is foam on the ground and they were focusing on some of the left takes over there, it looks like all of the tanks. the reason being they want to make sure those tanks remain cool do not overheat and therefore possibly another fiery of an explosion. often the distance you see the smoke aply aparentording to authorities that's normal operation and look at how charge and the hillside is i see firefighters coming and going. this is an area that only the media is allowed to be at let me show you my location will quickly pull up a at cummings skyway off of. 80 which i 80 in both directions t washut down running. no for hours as they were fearful that it wou

yeah that's going to be big question going forward crawford's will trend actually live in krakow with>this morning in the picture is much improved well. >>it has not improved since 5 o'clock in the reason being james and darya something is going on because at 5 o'clock we only saw one set of lights off in the distance and now look at these are some of the tanks at the refineries there and you can see bright lights. i see about 3 o 4 sets of lights right down there so there are closely looking at the tanks to make sure that the stakes don't go up in flames and you can see the smoke off in the distance, according to authorities. they say it appears to be normal operations, normal earning for this refinery let's get to the map so you know exactly my location this is off of i 80 in crockett off of cummings skyway this area was just a big ball of blame. 2 o'clock in the afternoon. when some unknown reason and we all know it still under investigation at this time all of a sudden fire. an explosion, a real through this area. it could have been deadly fortunately, no injuries and no one died,