leslie brinkley is live with what witnesses saw and experienced tonight. leslie? >> here on the ucsf campus there is a strong smell of smoke tonight. you can see the winds whipping around and there is plenty of the charred debris blowing around on the street that just rained down on the sidewalks here. that's why they had to evacuate several buildings. >> several buildings were evacuated as flaming debris blew in from the inferno just two blocks up the street. >> i can see all of the embers on the street. >> that's why we went inside. it started raining ash and choppings of fire. chunks of fire. we can see the research center from our building. i saw that the balcony started smoking. >> a fire ignited in a rooftop garden area on the cardiovascular research area. the ucsf engineer saved the day. >> the grass was burning and the officer and myself grabbed the signatures and put the fire out. >> it had to be frightening to have another fire starting and you think you have to get people out. >> i was doing my job. >> when you look out the window there was a little led

leslie brinkley is live with what witnesses saw and experienced tonight. leslie? on the ucsf campus there is a strong smell of smoke tonight. you can see the winds whipping around and there is plenty of the charred debris blowing around on the street that just rained down on the sidewalks here. that's why they had to evacuate several buildings. >> several buildings were evacuated as flaming debris blew in from the inferno just two blocks up the street. >> i can see all of the embers on the street. >> that's why we went inside. it started raining ash and choppings of fire. chunks of fire. we can see the research center from our building. i saw that the balcony started smoking. >> a fire ignited in a rooftop garden area on the cardiovascular research area. the ucsf engineer saved the day. >> the burning and the officer and myself grabbed the signatures and put the fire out. >> it had to be frightening to have another fire starting and you think you have to get people out. >> i was doing my job. >> when you look out the window there was a little ledge on the window.

leslie brinkley is live with what witnesses saw and experienced tonight. leslie? on the ucsf campus there is a strong smell of smoke tonight. you can see the winds whipping around and there is plenty of the charred debris blowing around on the street that just rained down on the sidewalks here. that's why they had to evacuate several buildings. >> several buildings were evacuated as flaming debris blew in from the inferno just two blocks up the street. >> i can see all of the embers on the street. >> that's why we went inside. it started raining ash and choppings of fire. chunks of fire. we can see the research center from our building. i saw that the balcony started smoking. >> a fire ignited in a rooftop garden area on the cardiovascular research area. the ucsf engineer saved the day. >> the grass was burning and the officer and myself grabbed the signatures and put the fire out. >> it had to be frightening to have another fire starting and you think you have to get people out. >> i was doing my job. >> when you look out the window there was a little ledge on th

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> that is a big job. more than half of the firefighters in san francisco responded to yesterday's blaze and they, woulded around the clock. it is more than a day after the fire started and making sure there are no more hotspots. yesterday was so hot and dangerous, the crews were ordered to get away from thebilg billing -- the building quickly. >> i was hoping it won't -- it wouldn't be the huge monster. >> the flames started coming out of all of the windows and the black smoke was pouring out everywhere. down to head down to try to help my helmet shield me from the heat. >> both are expected to recover fully. >> as crews concentrate on the demolition, some residents are being allowed back into their apartments. our team coverage continues with ama dates and a look inside one of the neighboring buildings that sustained damage from the fire. ama? >> the apartment complex you see here was at mission bay and evacuated because of the fire. residents were allowed back inside, but not everyone was allowed to sta

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> that is a big job.ore than half of the firefighters in san francisco responded to yesterday's blaze and they, woulded around the clock. it is more than a day after the fire started and making sure there are no more hotspots. yesterday was so hot and dangerous, the crews were ordered to get away from the billing -- the building quickly. >> i was hoping it won't -- it wouldn't be the huge monster. >> the flames started coming out of all of the windows and the black smoke was pouring out everywhere. >> it was enough for me to turn my head down to try to help my helmet shield me from the heat. >> both are expected to recover fully. >> as crews concentrate on the demolition, some residents are being allowed back into their apartments. our team coverage continues with ama dates and a look inside one of the neighboring buildings that sustained damage from the fire. ama? >> the apartment complex you see here was at mission bay and evacuated because of the fire. residents were allowed back inside, but not everyo

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> that is a big job. more than half of the firefighters in san francisco responded to yesterday's blaze and they, woulded around the clock. it is more than a day after the fire started and making sure there are no more hotspots. yesterday was so hot and dangerous, the crews were ordered to get away from the billing -- the building quickly. >> i was hoping it won't -- it wouldn't be the huge monster. >> the flames started coming out of all of the windows and the black smoke was pouring out everywhere. >> it was enough for me to turn my head down to try to help my helmet shield me from the heat. >> both are expected to recover fully. >> as crews concentrate on the demolition, some residents are being allowed back into their apartments. our team coverage continues with ama dates and a look inside one of the neighboring buildings that sustained damage from the fire. ama? >> the apartment complex you see here was at mission bay and evacuated because of the fire. residents were allowed back inside, but not ever