coming skyway between interstate 80 and san pablo avenue san pablo avenue between rodale and. remains closed while we still have units at the incident. units will remain at scene throughout the night. and into the morning. we will then re evaluate the situation and determine our next plan of action. >>names them see with contra costa health service's hazardous materials programs. so as just said an all clear has been issued for rodale hercules. as we know it w will see our air monitoring to continue to go down over time. monitoring results in the communities impact. with an all clear. we asked that residents impacted to please opn oorsnd windows. >>good evening. ray butler from contra costa county sheriff's office. as chief colombo had described we did do an evacuation of the small community of tore me which consisted of about 12 to 15 homes. we safely escort people to a safe place and at as we speak now they are returning back to their homes. a lot interest public information officer brandon career with the governor told. we just want thank all of the allied agencies that did

it is burning at san pablo avenue. it looked about 15 acres or so and it is 20% contained. cal fire said the crew is unable to access parts of the vegetation fire due to the proximity to the petroleum tanks. it is not the biggest problem at the moment but they are still battling that as it burns. it burns there right by the tanks. crews are not sending their people too close to this because of the explosive nature. as we have seen a short time ago there appears to be another explosion in the area and there are flames once again and the thick black smoke going into the area causing for barry very bad air quality. they are advising people to stay indoors and not inhale the stuff going up into the air. >> we have seen a number of communities put shelter in place orders in effect because of the situation regarding the quality of the air. the thick smoke and whatever particulates might be dispersed into the air. the focus right now is on getting this fire out. you can see here a live look on your right. i can't tell if that is water or foam that is being applied to the fire. obv

bill has this intersection a refinery road in san pablo avenue avenue shut down they're turning everyone around and keeping folks away from where this fire is burning about a mile or so down san pablo avenue behind me here. now i've been here for a couple of hours. i've talked to a lot of people residences of stop by curious about what's going on. there was one woman tory newman who stop by and showed us some just dramatic video which we're talking about is the second ago. i want to show it again so she it lives here in rodeo and she went up on the hillside and was reporting. this refinery fire when it just first got started and she reported that big explosion a one of those tanks, she said she was stunned. >>never seen anything like it is amazing video you can see the lid on tank just flip flopping around like a tortilla in the wind and then you know this fire. at the time i believe is burning about 2 tanks an expanded to 3 later on so this fire, t good news as we head of the evening hours here. the heavy smoke is done but again as i mentioned some of that lingering smoke, it's still in

i'm going down san pablo avenue if you're to go on san pablo. right along this road, but no one is being allowed down there no one except emergency personnel. fire trucks, we've also seen contra costa county. as matt trucks driving back and forth here that happens this we've been to refinery fires before with the county does as they send a those trucks hazmat trucks out and they patrol the perimeter, testing air looking for any problems trying to figure out where the smoke is going and this case, others very little wind here and that's kind of been the case all afternoon. so most of the smoke is going straight up i think to about 2600 feet is what our we said a little earlier and then it's shifting and moving towards the north. so if you're in and you look to the south you can probably see this ominous black cloud floating over your location unfortunately. right now here in rodeo, does have a shelter in place in effect. i haven't smelled anything that's been irritating and you can very visibly see the most of this stuff is going up and then movi

live in san pablo avenue, luz pena, abc 7 news. we'll be back once we get more reactions from people in this area. >>> take a look at some of the new video into the news room. you can see the fire creating what looks like a little bit of a tornado there, just spinning into the air. as you can see in this video, the column of smoke from the fire at the nustar energy facility went straight into the air. very little wind in the air. that's been very good news. it's helped enormously both in terms of protecting the public from the particulate material in the air. abc 7 meetality drew tuma has been following it all. >> i want to show you this time lapse we took from our emeryville camera over the past 45 minutes. watch as we put this into motion, all of that smoke that's getting pumped into the atmosphere from this fire in the east bay. you notice that smoke, as it moves higher and higher into the atmosphere, it just kind of sits and it lingers. that's because the winds are so light in the area, which is great for firefighters. you do w

skyway between interstate 808 and san pablo avenue, san pablo avenue between rodeo and crockett remains closed while we still have units at the incident. units will remain at scenes throughout the night and into the morning. we will then re-evaluate the situation and determine our next plan of action. >> reporter: officials say an all clear has been issued for rodeo, hercules and as we know it, we'll seamon see air monitoring to go down. with an all clear we ask that residents impacted to open your doors and windows to air out buildis homes. you can resume normal activities at this time. >> good evening, ray beck lehr from the severe weather. chief clump bo described, we did do an evacuation of stormy. it's consisted of about 12 to 15 homes. we did safely escort those people to a safe place. back to their homes. eturning >> i'm brandon correa, public information officer. we want to thank all of the agencies that did such a great job today. i can guarantee you highway 80 is now open. thank you for your patience. >> with that we'll take a few questions. >> listening live here to a news co

and reporting between i 80 and san pablo avenue will remain closed for the nustar incident command post. >>> from 80s closure to shelter in place orders and on and off again school closures, it was a trying day for those in contra costra county. kate. >> reporter: well, just a few hours ago the superintendent of this school said his schools were closed tomorrow was of the nustar incident. but fortunately because the fire is out and under control, confire tweeted the school district will be open. all four schools will have their students back tomorrow. it's been a frightening day for families here. alarms rang tuesday night. an eery after effect of innearby explosion. >> it was so hard the doors opened themselves. that's what made us think we were experiencing another earthquake. >> reporter: she lives and works within a mile of nustar's fuel storage facility. >> i'm scared. i want tago. i'm not used to this. just to see what we're inhaling, not used to it. >> reporter: they issued a shelter in place. >> i heard stay indoors and all the windows and doors are locked. >> reporter: we found

this recreation center on san pablo avenue will be turned into a homeless shelter. officials say that while the city's homeless population has risen, most of the pressure comes from large encampments. the new shelter is said to house up to 25 families. >>> if you missed our series of "project home" last night , she is one of the longest survivor heart transplant recipients in the country. in june, black mold was found in her apartment. this could compromiser her fragile immune system. but she cannot move. you can see the full story online at kpix.com . and you can send your story at projecthome@cbs.com . >>> san francisco public safety leaders are getting ready for some big crowds starting tomorrow. dozens of events are e same tim from hardly strictly bluegrass, to the warriors preseason game at the chase center, two fleet week festivities. today city, state and military leaders got together to talk about their plan. there will be extra firefighters, paramedics and police on duty. and the coast guard patrol will be in the water and on land. they will stay coordinate

it reopened last night but cummings skyway between san pablo avenue and i-80 is still closed. one of many tasks moving forward is making sure the tanks are safe to store fuel. >> asked this goes on and engineers and other specialists are brought in, we will, they will look to move fuel around, opening up valves and such and to try to mitigate any further hazards. >> reporter: in a statemt last night nustar corporate said , quote, there are two impacted tanks which were holding low volumes of ethanol, less than 1% of tank capacity. all personnel are safe and accounted for. back out here live another look at the water that is currently being sprayed on this fire scene. like i said we did not see any flareups it just seems as though the crew out here is not taking any chances. we know that they spent the entire night continuing to put water and foam on the site. we have reached out to nustar for updated information and are waiting to hear back. and we are expecting cal/osha to be out here also investigating this morning. sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all four schools of th

. >> this recreation center along san pablo avenue will be turned into a homeless shelter.fficials say though the homeless population has risen, most of the pressure comes from the large encampments. the new shelter is said to house up to 25 families for six months. >>> today tomorrow bay area scientists will embark on a weeklong expedition to study the deep-sea for per floor. you can watch it as it happens, see what they see. the nautilus will stream is cameras live, 24/7. you will hear the scientists as they talk about what they're looking at. like jellyfish, sharks. >> our first goal is to understand what species are there. and to characterize the environment that they live in. so that we can understand how we can protect them. is >> you could watch the live streaming and text in comments or questions. that is kind of cool. >> speaking of the ocean, he might be a good weekend to go to the beach? >> 72 degrees on sunday at the beach. we know more about the service of mars, then we do about the bottom of the ocean. it is just this untapped area, right here. >>> we had some

haven't heard that any locked gates impeded the actual evacuation which came out here on to san pablo avenue and left that that way. so if you're getting more information about the gate i can try to run that down for you. but i'm not aware of any problem with locked gates that impeded the evacuation of the settlement of torment. checked that out about 2530 minutes ago and they have a number of employees and contractors that are i'm moving out of the in and out of the facility to conduct these operational steps that. >>all right we've been listening to a live press conference that is steve hill with the contra costa county fire department. essentially saying that they're transitig tonit that they don't believe there's any longer a threat of reconditioning moving their fire equipment out a new stars essentially taking over the fire mitigation process they have equipment there making sure all the foam stays the big issue though why did this happen and we won't know that for a while still not hearing about college. but yeah, the good news, the bottom line. >>they don't feel that the storage tank

on cummings skyway which is shut down between i-80 and san pablo avenue because of this incident. we know that cal osha will be out here on site investigating today. it's dark out here now so you can't see much but you can still smell the smoke in the air. like i said you can't see much now so let's take you to video and we will break down what we know happened here yesterday. this started tuesday afternoon. an explosion at nustar petroleum storage plant's selby terminal in crockett sent flames shooting into the air. thick black smoke cloud in nearby towns. two tanks containing ethanol and jet fuel exploded. those were part of the explosion that happened here last night. that sent the flames into the air. one tank had about 167,000 gallons of the chemical. to put that in perspective that amount of liquid would fill seven average sized swimming pools. fire officials say two tanks are destroyed and two others were affected but still functional. last night nustar set all operations and shipments of products in and out of the facility are stopped. the fire was so close to the intersta

that is fire is burning at the nustar energy facility on san pablo avenue in crockett. it prompting a shelter in teen burning for four hours now. contra costa county fire says three tanks are an tanks. contain ethanol. one of the burning tanks apparently contains 167,000 gallons of ethanol. >> andrea borba is live at the scene and has the latest developments. >> reporter: in the past few minute, these tanks vaflared up once again. visible flames showing. and another huge column of black smoke entering the bay area skies at this point. what's different from earlier, there are actually fire engines down there. the fire was simply burning too hot. we have more information from con fire ceo steve hill for you right now. >> as the fire progresses, we have a number of tanks that also contain flammable tomorrows. so we're concerned that the flame, of course, not spread to those. we're fighting t with a combination of water and fire fighting foam. and we're using water to cool thea, jaysent, the adjacent tanks. we have had a number of vegetation fire which is have started resul

back out here we are live here at san pablo avenue right before 80 w. not many people on the interstate. just before 3 pm chp closed the inters and we met up with some other people. you heard a lot of sirens just like this. >> that siren is about the shelter in place allowing people to know from the contra costa county community warning system. it has been going twice an hour for a minute or so advising residents and crockett to shelter in place until the situation is neutralized. i have seen several hazmat trucks in the area. they are contracting air monitoring on-site. they are not taking any chances. stay indoors in and shut off the air conditioning. we saw a few people outside and they say they are nervous. >> i was out here when the boom happened and it shook the whole house. after the earthquake last night . >> i called 911. as i was calling 911 fire trucks were arriving. very scared and others to shelter in place. >> reporter: the shelter in place is for crockett. they are suggesting for people to shelter in place and rodeo but it is not mandator

only 23 minutes from where the fire is burning on 1290 san pablo avenue. we're hear with one of the residents who said he did hear the explosion and he described it as an earthquake and said it was like a boom. what else did you hear? >> that was all that i heard until i came out in the front of my house. i saw the smoke coming up and i said, it must have been an explosion. >> he says he saw the smoke coming up and he said this might be an explosion. >> tell me your name again. >> roscoe cooper. >> reporter: thank you very much. did you smell anything in the air? >> no, not yet. blowing the other way. >> reporter: did you know right away it was coming from the energy facility? >> no, not until i turned on the news. >> reporter: did you see how fast the smoke was going up? >> yeah, it was way above the tree lines here. >> reporter: it was way above the tree lines. i don't know if you guys can hear him. >> >> it was a good way away. this is pinole. it was above the hills. >> reporter: it was above the hills. how close are you from where the explosion took pl

them a lot san pablo avenue right now which they have closed down a refinery road got sheriff's deputies, turning everybody around and headed back so you're not allowed in there. also this we don't know exactly how this fire started before 2 o'clock this evening. but we do have some very dramatic video that was shot just shortly after the fire began if we go ahead take a look at that video and this was shot by rodale resident terry knew when she was just above the fire and she had her camera phone rolling when she thought saw this huge explosion. i one of those tanks there at the new star ct the tank up into the air we'll show to you again in slow motion. so just a huge fireball there this is a scene that was described to us by another gentleman who is working over here on the bay was wilding out on pier and they heard something. saw the same thing they said they saw huge explosion up fireball going up in the air and that's kind of when the fire got started. so as we head into the late afternoon hours here the sun is getting close to setting. this is still very much an ongoing situation

he implied the state roads that run through local communities like san pablo avenue in the east bay. the governor said he vetoed the bill because it was too expensive. the california bicycle coalition disagreed. they said, quote, beyond dispointed. we were hopeful that gavin newsom's appointment of a bike friendly cal transdirector was a signal of changes but now we fear more of the same. >>> two bills the governor did sign are giving the oakland as new stadium plans to boost. one streamlines the permitted process for the stadium the team wants to build at howard terminal. it gives the state lands commission the authority to decide whether the proposed project is a good way to use the land. the second allows oakland to create a new tax district to pay for roads, walkways and other infrastructure near the stadium. another new law pushes back against the trump administration's plans to step up oil and gas production on federal land. it bars any california leasing authority from allowing pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure to be built on state property. that will make it very

now we have a new crash 80 west san pablo avenue that stacking of traffic motorcyclists involved thereo little heavy between san pablo in richmond 25 minutes to make it down to the maze could pick of the bay bridge toll plaza traffic looks okay, it's only 10 minutes here to make it into san francisco area. thanks a lot rob and when continue our breaking news coverage of the kincade fire in just a few minutes. >>as the fire spread overnight, but also containment as you can see doubled to 30%. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. it takes a village to raise to build a bridge. to throw a baseball... to throw yourself into the unknown. to lose fear, to create hope. we believe that it takes a village of over 200-thousand dedicated, passionate, driven medical and non-medical professionals to deliver on our belief in total health for all. we are kaiser permanente. thrive. >>as w

tonight at 6:30 here at the hana senior center on san pablo avenue. b.a.r.t. will meet with community members. they want to assure these folks that this process is just beginning, that no decisions have been made, but some people are clearly skeptical. some b.a.r.t. riders worry that allcerrito' plaza station s >> dodi concerned that b.a.r.t.'s plan, transit oriented development, which calls for will essentially wipe out most if not all of this station's 750 spaces. the idea is to move away from parking and transit oriented development, meaning they want to get you out of your cars. >> we are out of our cars by taking b.a.r.t., so for many of us, this is a small distance we're driving and we're off of 80 and going into the city. >> b.a.r.t. director, rebecca saltsman told abc 7 news, the concerns are premature. >> no decision has been made about how much parking to replace at the station. we know that not everybody can walk and bike to the station. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. has ruled out a plan that calls for the construction of 7,000 affordable housing units on b

our little grass fires under control of was 80 west west of pomona on the hillside right along san pablo avenuet was interrupting capitol corridor service they had to stop the trains and although the fires under control they are still holding train 5.25 until they get the all clear from the fire department so that's causing some delays this morning on your capitol corridor service that passes through caulk and so we'll keep you updated. bay bridge traffic very busy very slow stacked up from the bottom of the maze over holding an 11 minutes and that's really good. for friday morning in going to be heavy leaving san francisco heading to south san francisco accident here at grand still wrapping up you see how it's backed up through brisbane the on candlesticks filling out a 3rd, northbound one oh one slows from. to cesar chavez give you one more san mateo bridge accident clear you're okay at 19 minutes to the peninsula. ouch and yeah star quarterback patrick mahomes dislocated his knee cap in the chiefs win over the broncos. he ran a quarterback sneak. >>his knee cap was going the wrong way you ca

san pablo avenue is the best bet for an alternate. and i am getting support for a crash in the south bay also blobbing the northbound 880 at 10 # 1. that left lane is taken away. keep in mind, 101 in the north bay all lanes are opened. but several-on and off ramps are choseed. 128 is close from geyserville to tubs lane and there are changes for mass transit service. smart train running today on a limited schedule. . >>> i am anne makovec live in santa rosa and we are keeping a eye on latest power outages. others lights out. here are the latest numbers from pg&e on latest shut off. marin, sonoma, solano and napa couldn'tities are affected. the vast majority, almost 200,000 homes and businesses without power right now, are in marin county. followed by sonoma county at almost 87,000. pg&e has not said how long the shut down will last night been miserable. it's hard to cook and clean and do anything. i have work to do. a stack like think can't use my computer. >> reporter: because the conditions are not as harsh as originally thought, p-g

san pablo avenue is completely open in both directions.about to open within the hour, cummings highway that we're on here. that will open in the next hour. you may be able to see in the background that we have a team in the facility now assessing it. they got in at first light and assessing the situation in the light. we have six fire apparatus on the scene right now. two are being provided by pmao, thepetrol mutual association. the other four engines and crews are from crockett, carquinez fire departments and the rodeo fire protection district. they will remain on the scene until the situation is completely mitigated and there is no threat of recurrence of the fires. we don't know exactly when that will be. the job will be to keep those foam blankets on top of the two -- where the fires were, the tanks that were destroyed, to be sure we don't have a rekindle of those fires. one thing the team in the facility right now is doing is they are looking at a solution to mitigating the vapor emissions coming off both of those -- where the tank lo

this is what it looked like early this morning on san pablo avenue near the dead fish restaurant.on the firefight.>> reporter: we got an update about the amtrak train. they are going to allow it to come through the area 5 miles per hour. you can see the train on the track has been stopped for 2 hours. ever since the fire broke out on a hillside in crockett. i got an update from firefighters. they tell me the fire is contained and not entirely out. i saw smoke coming from the homeless encampment which caught on fire. this is a steep hillside. there are trees, dry brush. there was concern earlier about the fire spreading. i could tell you when we first arrived we saw visible flames, a large plume of dark smoke. firefighters had to hike up the hill pulling hoses, dragging hoses. they had chainsaws, rakes, other tools to put the fire out and make sure it did not spread. we are not seeing any more smoke. they do say they have the fire under control. the cause is not known. at this point they are not sure if anybody was injured. they are trying to determine details. what we do have, we

this fire began just before 2:00 yesterday afternoon on san pablo avenue in crock et.ng into whether monday night's moderate earthquake was a factor in this fire. >> a magnitude 3.4 magnitude quake stuck around hollister after last night's 2.9 struck hollister. >> and taking a live look at sfo. it is adopting a new alpha numeric system. the new number will be revealed inside the terminals. news updates throughout the day on your website including kpix.com. >>> welcome back. it's 7:28. finally some better news to report on this traffic alert. all lanes are now open. that sig alert now cancelled but the damage is done. it is still a slow ride as you work your way out of pittsburgh. give yourself 6 minutes to go. richmond san rafael bridge loaded up. >>> giana well it is a chilly start to the day once again. grab that jacket and coat as you head out the door. cooler, cloudier conditions. 71 san jose. 67 in oakland for a high. a few showers are possible for tonight for the north bay and overnight. but as we look ahead to tomorrow clearing. >>> it's 7:30. here's what's happ

are following a motorcycle crash that is involving other vehicles, and this is westbound 80 at san pablo avenueay tuned for "live w >> ryan: it's "live with kelly and ryan!" today, from the new film, "last christmas," emilia clarke. and a performance from recording artist harry connick jr. plus, will show you how to pump up your pumpkins. all next on "live!" ♪ [cheers and applause] and now, here are kelly ripa and yours truly, ryan seacrest! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ryan: hello! [cheers and applause]