melvin burns took this video until he realized he needed to get out of there. >> it got so hot that i had to evacuate because the windows started to crack and break. it got close. >> reporter: this is what people saw when they got outside, fire at a firve-story apartment building under construction. people a few blocks away were scared. >> i moved m ed my car because wind is blowing. i feel like the fire is coming right here. it's burning my face. >> reporter: a security guard woke up and evacuated residents in the apartment building across from the fire. >> we had to bring everyone on the top floors, babies, animals, we had to rescue people. i had a cat. he scratched me. >> reporter: firefighters found themselves dodging part of the construction site, a crane swinging wildly from the heat. >> they were worried about it falling. their operations, they had to position in different locations to avoid that. >> reporter: the fire spread to the town homes next door, four of them destroyed from fire, water and smoke. firefighters had evacuated the block. the residents were safe. at auto rep

melvin burns took this cell phone video of the fire until he realized that he needed to get out. >> at one point it got so hot that i had to evacuate because the windows started to crack and break. so it was that close. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, vic lee spoke with people who were evacuated today. and a look at what this means for the already tight housing market. >>> social media played a big part in keeping people updated on the fire this morning. >> and jessica castro shows us how people were kept up to date online. >> reporter: the alameda took to video every step of the fire fight. they show what was a five-alarm fire around 4:00 a.m. and the next tweet showed how dangerous things were getting. the fire upgraded to a six-alarm at the building under construction. social media gave us a play-by-play as crews increased water pressure and then later in the morning got even busier, a smaller fire in union city would tie up resources. but probably the most in-depth, behind the scenes look came from the drone they launched. this tweet shows the hot spots the unmanned aircraft ca

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