trucks fighting the fire that very fist day. >> bart has spent large sums on fire protection for the development, and he says risk of wildfire shouldn't dictate where you can or can't build a home. >> i think we as americans should have the right to build and live where we want to live. i think our community actually proves a point if you do the rights things in mitigation you can live here safely. >> part of this is sort of the western mythos of we can do whatever we want anywhere. >> for economist ray rasker, new developments like cathedral pines are largely to blame for the rising annual cost of wildfires. >> and it's an upward spiral, he says, because local governments reap tax benefits from their construction. >> if they perceive they are going to get more money from rubber stamping subdivisions all over the place, they will. >> the forest service, the bureau of land management, fema, they're the ones that are paying for the bulk of the firefighting costs. so for local governments who permit new developments,they don't have to think of the costs. >> so while the bill for

it's possible an ember from the recycling fire may have sparked the second fire. an advisory has been sent out because there's concern about the air quality. it's the spare-the-air day today. officials are saying if you smell smoke, stay indoors. another concern is that there are a lot of people who work at businesses along seaport avenue and because they have the street closed off here at bloomquist a lot of them are not able to go to work today. so they are either losing money from not being able to go to work, the businesses are also losing profit and sims -- we mentioned that to sims and they said they are apologizing for the inconvenience. reporting live from redwood city, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details on the prant where this fire is burning. there have been four other fires at the same plant in the last six years. the most recent happened a month ago. that fire on november 10th raged for nearly 17 hours and it prompted a shelter-in-place order in three counties due to the heavy smoke coming from the recycling plant the company has al

report on the chevron refinery fire. they said the incident last year at the chevron refinery was preventible. it said after a 2007 fire workers told the company about hazard and nothing was done to address them. the fire sent 15,000 people to helmets with breathing -- hospitals with breathing problems. they suggest they adopt a new system, that requires input from workers, the company and regulators to identify safety hazards. if the company does not implement what is agreed on the regulator can shut down operations. >> i believe it will take a lot of work. i like the effect where workers are given more power to be involved in decisions. >> those changes recommended in the report aren't just for chevron but all california refineries. more details on the fire, three weeks after the fire on october 6, 2012, the u.s. chemical safety board and cal-osha launched an investigation. january 30 this year cal-osha issued citations for safety violations. october 5, chevron agreed to pay $2 million in fines after pleading no contest

get the fire contained. they're, of course, trying to knock it down, trying to fight it back alongside the industrial sprinkler system, here at the sims metal management plant. the smoke and fire has been pouring into the air, as i said, for five hours now. what's burning is a pile of appliances. they say it's about a 75-foot-wide pile and around 1:00 a.m., something in the pile exploded. they're still not sure exactly what that was. so they're not sure if there are any chemicals in that fire, which may be causing problems with the air, with the smoke that is being sent off from this fire. but we did get to talk to the fire chief about the fact that this is the second fire at the same place in just about the last month. >> since the last incident, we have made additional changes, in their operation. again, this fire -- there was an explosion. we don't know what caused that explosion. so we'll be looking into that and working with them and see what caused the explosion. and what additional precautions do they

fire. firefighters believe the embers sparked the fire that bound three cement trucks. shelter in place advisory was issued telling people to shut the doors and windows. the city leaders are weaponed this happen at the recycling plant so quickly. >> it is great concern to our entire community. it is one of those things, an issue we have to look at, evaluate. our fire department is overseeing all applicable fire code and making sure they have contingency plans. >> sims said printing a facility of this sides has risks but they have implemented a number of improvements at this facility. the poor air quality is wearing down people living near as they wonder how another major fire could happen is quickly at the plant. >> my mom is 76 and she sures from asthma so this is a "spare the air" day and it has been that way for a week so she is having a hard time. >> we need to understand why the fires are happening as much as the public would to be told. >> the advisory to shelter in place is lifted and now investigators are look at the surveillance video at the time of the explosio

george and i and the fire department will take care of the big fires but think if everybody in the room had a fire extinguishers how many fires you could put out. this is a big fire we will get these. it's hard for us to get around in a disaster from the streetcars and trolley buses stop, no electricity. we have the above groundwater system. it was invented years ago by our fire chiefs this is what saved the marina the boat pumping the water out put the fires out in the marina. you want to stop, look, listen and think. you size up the situation this is what we do in the fire department. you look at it. is it a little fire. a candle burning. do i get the fire extinguisher. is it a big fire can i put it out. >> it would cover the area the size of a table. anything bigger or high are than your head it's too big for you to put out with an extinguisher. wait until everybody is out. it's best to work in pairs. make sure you are the last one out of the room. do not lock it. avoid smoke and gases. cover your mouth and nose with a towel or sheet or dry cloth. if you have a jacket, if there is a

the fire department could not get on neighboring roof tops. and as a result the adjacent buildings were undertaken and it appeared that the fire would spread. due to the circumstance and the casualty of the event an order was presented to aim and fire at a known target. and likely because of the smoke, hughes went on a unit and in view of hines and huey. unable to get a shot off, officers maintain position. they knew that through their training and experience that the chances of hughes to come back to the same window were good. and officer hines waited for another opportunity. and moments later hughes again stuck his head out the window. officer huey knew if he didn't end his life that others would be in jeopardy. he fired one shot hitting hughes in the front of the head. it was pronounced that a shot was delivered and the suspect was down. the teams went to the apartment though the smoke and heat made the task extremely difficult. they extinguished some small fires but as they penetrated through the apartment the worse it became. and on an int

soon after the fire starts, one of the tanks explodes. >> look at that, look at the fire. holy -- >> the explosion is caught on camera by andrew bishop. >> holy -- it looked like those videos that you use in movies like a nuclear explosion just like dropping an atom bomb or something, mushroom clouds, seems unreal. >> the initial blast that starts the fire wakes andrew up and he gens recording the scene from his balcony. >> it woke me up so hard core. >> i thought it could have been an earthquake, maybe something hit my building or something like that. and i had no clue that anything exploded. >> then the 30,000 gallon propane tank explodes. >> i was shocked more than scared. i had never seen anything leak it before. >> the shock wave hits him. >> that's a part of the reason the camera went shaky. all of a sudden we get this big push coming at us. everything is moving. it was just like surreal. that was the biggest, the loudest sound i had ever heard. >> the massive explosion flows out windows and sets off car alarms. >> every car parked out here, the alarm was going off, e

this is the third fire at sims. management said they put safety measures in place limiting the size of their stockpiles and adding infrared technology. >> we're not gonna leave any stone unturned. we'll uncover what's going on. we need to understand why these fires are happening just as much as i know the public would like us to tell them. >> reporter: fire officials say they had to disassemble the pile, the origin of the fire has been destroyed. >> we have surveillance video from the security systems that we'll be looking at to try to get a time line of when this fire ignited. >> reporter: at 10:30 this morning, the shelter in place advisory was lifted. we do know that air quality officials are on site at sims right now. they are putting up monitors. we don't have the readings of how bad the air was until next week. we'll have more coming up on this story at 5:00 and 6:00. reporting live from redwood city, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. more details on the plant where this fire is burn

fire crews are on the scene of a scrap metal fire burning at sims metal management in redwood city. it's on seaport boulevard. >> today in the bay's chase cain arrived on the scene. what's it looking like to you? >> reporter: we have a lot of smoke but redwood city fire said they were able to contain this to a one-alarm fire. you may remember this is the exact same facility that caught on fire about a month ago. the fire broke out around 1:00 a.m., but unlike last time, which was a pile of junk cars that caught on fire while being crushed, this is a pile of appliances that caught on fire. redwood city fire says they started getting 911 calls about an explosion and flames, and it was appliances that exploded. so far, redwood city says the sims metal facility, their industrial sprinkler system they have on site has been working to put the fire out, along with their trucks. and they have called in some crews from a couple neighboring areas to help make sure this fire does not spread and does not get any larger. but there is a lot of smoke being put off. right now there is no order for a

the temperatures. there is another fire to the south, a big fire, at big sur. the winds are blowing from southwest to northeast and gusting to 7 miles per hour. most of the smoke will stay to carmel valley. for the rest of us, it is causing poor air quality to our south. we are down do three in novato and four in santa rosa. we have haze and high clouds from the roof camera and that is the case in the afternoon with temperatures above average and cleaner air is coming in tomorrow and the breeze is bringing us our coolest weather on thursday and friday. and another warming trend and poor air this weekend. santa cruz and morgan hill is 70 and cloverdale is 71, the warm spots. san francisco and san rafael, and concord, all at 64 and the cooler spots in forward, the cool of the is vallejo and antioch at 63 and napa at 64 and san jose at 68 and oakland and palo alto at 67. tonight, the temperatures are a lot of mid-to-upper 30's inland to 40 in antioch and low-to-mid 40's for the bayshore and fremont is cooler with cold air drain average coming from the sunol area an

the smoke is masking the fire so it's hard to determine where the fire really is.e he's blended in the infrared, so we can clearly see where the fire line actually is. >> and captain, how do you feel about how this went? >> i think it was a huge success. i've seen some violent things but i'm not sure i've ever seen anything more violent than how strong this fire was, how much it was crowning, how much it was moving and how difficult it was for folks to contain. and i believe 100% that we made a huge difference. >> what has access to this technology brought to the firefighting effort? >> i'd have to give you the primaries, is the life safety, the ability to keep an eye on the men and women fighting the fire. with regard to firefighting, i think we are scratching the surface as far as its potential. >> what i love is that it actually works. you know, this was kind of a test run but it really helped those people on the ground. >> it goes beyond firefighting for sure. search and rescue, there are all kinds of cool applications. >> how forthcoming were they with their i

the fire department posted this picture on twitter. the van hit the side of lover elementary school around 5:45 last night. the crash ruptured a gas line and knocked out electricity. two people in the van suffered minor injuries. the school expects all utility issues to be resolved over the weekend. >>> ktvu paul chambers is in our newsroom with more on the crackdown that begins today. >> mothers against drunk drivers say during the holiday season between thanksgiving and new years the number of deadly dui accidents increase by 40%. that is why many agencies will kick off their holiday dui enforcement campaigns. >> we all need to be hyper vigilant. >> that was the case yesterday morning during this deadly accident with sis pecked drunk driver of livermore. investigators say garcia failed a sobriety test and was arrested. he is now facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. they hope to curb this type of outcome. the crack down starts tonight in most areas and runs until new years day. paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one perso

the truck's brakes have overheated and catch fire. el, one in front of the truck and one behind it. an already dangerous situation now turns dire, since the dismantled missiles contain solid rocket fuel. the driver tries a fire extinguisher, but the flames only grow bigger. thick, acrid smoke fills the mile-long tunnel as everyone inside runs for their lives. where there's smoke, there's fire. seconds later, the truck explodes. more than 100 firefighters respond to the disaster but there's little they can do besides let the fire burn itself out. missile parts litter the road. officials say the explosion is actually caused by the truck's gas tank rupturing, not the solid rocket fuel which burns up in the fire. fortunately, everyone inside the tunnel is able to make it out before the blast, and there are no casualties. january 18th, 2011. a tv news cameraman's videotaping workers responding to a gas leak in the tacony neighborhood of philadelphia when all of a sudden, the ground erupts. >> all you see is just this flash of light and this

>> ok, it's saying hi kanta, i heard the shocking news about the fire last evening. it's nov 26. >> and what's the subject line of the email? >> fire at subcon. >> subcon is industry-speak for subcontractor. that email was sent by a manager at true colors shortly after the fire. so despite success' denials, their own agent may have been aware of the sub-contract to tazreen. >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channetÑ we are on the trail investigating how walmart's supply chain works here in bangladesh. does the company know when its orders are being subcontracted? is the way they source their clothing- the system itself -flawed? the garment industry is notoriously secretive, so we needed an insider. we're on our way to meet an auditor. he was hired by wal-mart to assess standards at some of its factories. it's very rare for auditors to speak on the record and he doesn't want to speak to us on camera. so we recorded the conversation secretly in bangladesh, government regulation of garment factories is lax, and international companies are not legally requi

this is the second fire this year at the same facility after a fire broke out last month. ing the family of the 13 year- old, she came man to get her tonsils or mold and now she is brain dead. will have an interview coming up. >> the mega millions jackpot is now a staggering 586-million dollars. what you need to know before tonight's drawing. >> the time is 8:59 a.m.. what sh >> you can see the error quality is poor so it is still another spare their today. that means a note would th air day. that means nod morning. here is what we are expecting. we may have a few high clouds especially if you are in monterey. we are looking at smoky conditions to persist. by lunchtime the temperatures should be in the low 60's for most locations. by late this afternoon plenty of sunshine. it will bear little cooler than yester day. it is very nice and above average. by 8:00 p.m. we will still be mild. >> we have big change is coming our way and not talk about this coming up. >> good morning, we are still tracking and delays for the lower peninsula even though the rams have been reopened. f

out. >> reporter: this is the second fire at this location in the past six weeks. this two-alarm blaze broke out november 10 sending smoke and a strong odor all over the bay area. the company says they have changed operating procedures, separating wrecked cars away from other metal and put in fire breaks and monitoring stockpiles with infrared sensors. >> we'll undercover what is going on. >> reporter: they say they have reduced the size of their stockpiles, which is one of the reasons today's fire wasn't as big as the fire back in november. >>> the wildfire near big sur, 769 acres have burned, up from 550 acres yesterday. 22 structures have destroyed. firefighters say the blaze is 20% contained and they do expect full containment by friday night. we have more. >> reporter: the battle on tuesday was focused here in the canyon just west of highway 1. this is where most of the damage was done and where at least 100 people were chased from their homes, people like jim walters. >> reporter: so your place is in jeopardy? >> yes. >> reporter: what goes through your mind

you have the redwood fire, the big sur fire and the spare the air day. it is a lot of haze. when i come back, we will talk more about the spare the air alert for tomorrow. we will talk more about this temperature trend. it's starting to cool off. there is a chance for a little bit of wet weather, perhaps. we will see you back here. >> a reminder. you can follow bill and the rest of our weather team online posting updates to facebook and twitter, even when we are not on the air. >> as bill mentioned, there will be another winter spare the air tomorrow. that means for the 11th straight day there will be a boone burning wood in the bay area. air pollution is still at unhealthy levels. the those conditions were likely made worse by the fire in redwood city. also, the fire in big sur. on shore winds could kick up later this week and that could help reduce the air pollution. the spare the air next -- makes any kind overburning illegal, unless it is a source of heat. >>> we 62 violations of federal environmental law at the chevron. a fire last year was caused by a corroded pipe tha

>> ok, it's saying hi kanta, i heard the shocking news about the fire last evening. it's nov 26. >> and what's the subject line of the email? >> fire at subcon. >> subcon is industry-speak for subcontractor. that email was sent by a manager at true colors shortly after the fire. so despite success' denials, their own agent may have been aware of the sub-contract to tazreen. (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >> and now a techknow minute...Ñ we are on the trail investigating how walmart's supply chain works here in bangladesh. does the company know when its orders are being subcontracted? is the way they source t

toward friendly fire incidents also transformed in the new era of public disclosure friendly fire incidents were cast as criminal and accompanied by a campaign to demonize the responsible parties or even court martial during gulf war one an incident involving nineteen year u.s. army veteran lieutenant colonel ralph alles became the first high profile case resulting from the change in friendly fire policy. on the night of february sixteenth one thousand nine hundred one pales took command of his apache helicopter to check on two iraqi vehicles believed to be a mile north of the american line. the flying conditions that night were less than optimal it was dark and there was a sandstorm growing. concerned about his true position on the battlefield males ask for clarification. i don't want to bet that they could go like that and they have an arab red line. roger get everybody right so they're going to take him out although hills identified what he believed were iraqi vehicles he became concerned when his apaches fire control computer contradicted the grid coordinates provided by the troops on t

tell me about the magnitude of the fire in yosemite? >> the accessibility makes it complicated and why its grown to the size it has. with the inaccessibility around the entire area of the fire, it makes getting from one point to another very difficult. now within 30 seconds there it is. the information is so rapid and accurate and immediate that it's kind of hard to believe that i ever walked these things in the past. we're able to watch realtime information. i can see where the fire is and what it's doing, potentially hazards come uppiing up and maybe advantageous areas to get the firefighters to. >> that potentially life-saving information is being put to use here. >> really, big operation here. >> at the california rim fire's incident command center near yosemite national park. >> this is the air national guard mobile emergency operation center we rolled out here in order to help facilitate coordination and command and control of remotely piloted aircraft operations here in incident. this is where all the magic happens. >> all right.

the mouse catches on fire and starts running around the house, catching the house on fire. you're looking at the result of -- not positive it was the mouse but it's something that is put out there. fire officials say that's plausible. it's possible that might have happened bought mouse catching on fire on a stove. started near the corner of 90th avenue and a street, not far from international boulevard. and that fire spread to two other homes. christie smith is at the scene and is going to join us with more on that in a little bit. i have never heard that as a possible explanation of a house fire. a mouse catching on fire in the stove running around catching things on fire and look at the results. >> the fire station closest to the fire was open overnight but as christie mentioned, one of the engine companies that works in that station was temporarily shut down because of a brownout. that company that works at a fire station 20 would have been the closest to the scene. a brownsouth a tragedy due to cost cutting to balance the 2011-2013 budget two fire companies are temporari

the dot. these are live pictures from hayward. fire crews are on the scene of an early morning house fire. e, just about 90 minutes ago. it wasn't the flames or smoke that woke up residents in the area. what they heard when the fire started coming up in a live report. good morning everybody. i'm brian flores. dave clark has the morning off. >>> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather ask traffic. rose mary in for steve, and finally a warm up coming. >> we have a pleasant weekend in store, on the other hand, at this hour, not so pleasant in many cases. patchy fog, frigid temperatures outside our door in some cases, giving a live look over the oakland estuary. we have fog along the east bay shoreline. santa clara valley, and north bay, inland valleys reporting patchy, dense fog. for the afternoon, we will be slightly warmer today. afternoon highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. it is a spare the air day, so keep that in mind. in store for your weekend, a notable warm up. right now, temperatures in the upper 20s right around santa rosa. napa. low 40s in hayward and 39 outside your door, san jo

including this house belonging to the fire chief for the big sur volunteer fire brigade. a record dry season left the area rich with tinder. the hope now is the winter weather will help slow the fire's pace. right now firefighters say they're keeping a close eye on those onshore winds which they fear can pose a big challenge for them overnight. they're asking that any evacuees head to the big sur grange hall where the american red cross has set up a shelter. reporting live in the caramel highlands, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> another look at the fire and the massive plume of smoke it's creating. for that, let's bring in chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. could the smoke end up here at least in the south bay? >> there's a possibility over the next 24 hours. right now we're getting light winds moving pushing the smoke up toward monterey. current conditions are great here for fire news. this is, you know, some of the best stuff they could have when it comes to fighting a fire. if you're going to look at conditions. temperatures will be cooling off tomorrow. that's wh

the fire department got here probably in like ten seconds. >> now, ktvu crews are on the scene of the underground fire as pg&e crews investigate what caused it. >>> the extremely cold weather in the bay area has proved to be problematic for air passengers. why some were forced to scramble to other airports. >>> he inspired people all over the world. today, tens and thousands, they gathered in south africa to remember nelson mandela. >>> good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. we begin the news at noon with breaking news out of oakland. we've been following an underground gas fire that's been burning for nearly four hours now. several homes in the area have been evacuated as crews try and figure out the cause. this is a live look from newschopper2 now of the scene at golf links road and fontaine street. ktvu's brian flores is on the ground and talked to pg&e about the problem as well as some residents in the area. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: good afternoon. a little bit of good news. about 20 minutes, as you can see, peeg crews were able to -- pg&e crews were able to cap the gas lin

the road. i then saw him fire one round into the truck. >> the officer fires into the cab, but the suspect is able moment. the chase continues and the semi heads into a construction zone. >> due to all the barrels and barricades, the road was down to two lanes with no shoulders. this gave us an opportunity to completely cover the road with spike strips. i was sure that the pursuit was going to end at that point, but he continued going. it was easy to follow where he was going due to the gouges his rims were digging into the cement roadway surface. >> driving on its rims, the semi has slowed considerably. up the road, another officer is positioned, ready to fire. >> i could see him standing on the side of the road with an ar-15 rifle. as we went past, i saw him fire several rounds at the truck. shortly after, it pulled over to the side of the road and collins jumped out. >> he just bailed out of the car. i don't know if they shot him, but he went down. >> it surprised me that he did this. after everything he'd gone to to get away, he gave up without any resistance. >> rob collins pleads no contest

toward friendly fire incidents also transformed in the new era of public disclosure friendly fire incidents were cast as criminal and accompanied by a campaign to demonize the responsible parties or even court martial during gulf war one an incident involving nineteen year u.s. army veteran lieutenant colonel ralph alles became the first high profile case resulting from the change in friendly fire policy. on the night of february sixteenth one thousand nine hundred one hales took command of his apache helicopter to check on two iraqi vehicles believed to be a mile north of the american line. the flying conditions that night were less than optimal it was dark and there was a sandstorm growing. concerned about his true position on the battlefield males ask for clarification. i don't want to bet that they could go like that and have an arab red line. roger get everybody right so they're going to take him out although hills identified what he believed were iraqi vehicles he became concerned when his apaches fire control computer contradicted the grid coordinates provided by the troops on the gr

>> ok, it's saying hi kanta, i heard the shocking news about the fire last evening. it's nov 26. >> and what's the subject line of the email? >> fire at subcon. >> subcon is industry-speak for subcontractor. that email was sent by a manager at true colors shortly after the fire. so despite success' denials, their own agent may have been aware of the sub-contract to tazreen. >> from our headquarters in new york, here are the headlines this hour. >> al jazeera america is the only news channel that brings you live news at the top of every hour. >> a deal in the senate may be at hand and just in the nick of time. >> thousands of new yorkers are marching in solidarity. >> we're following multiple developments on syria at this hour. >> every hour from reporters stationed around the world and across the country. >> only on al jazeera america. the stream is uniquely interactive television. we are on the trail investigating how walmart's supply chain works here in bangladesh. does the company know when its orders are being subcontracted? is the way they source their clothing-

the fire is under control, but how is the air right now? >> reporter: in fact, the fire is out. fire crews have left. there is still a haze in the air. still, there's a strong stench of that burned plastic. in fact, people across the east bay have been complaining about the smoke. dramatic pictures of a concord warehouse going up in flames. contra costa fire protection district says the building never stood a chance. >> the fire is too dangerous for to us go inside. the building is starting to collapse. >> reporter: this was the all phone company. firefighters say it was two buildings with floor-to-ceiling metal shelving loaded with plastics and computer and telephone components. >> they did installation of new telephone systems for, you know, businesses and that kind of stuff but they also recycled old telecommunications equipment. >> reporter: crews were using so much water, they called the water district to increase pressure and were told they were maxed out. it's an old building with no sprinklers. they don't know if the fire alarm was working and a burglar alarm was the fir

the most recent one was a month ago. that fireer 10th raged for almost 17 hours. it prompted a shelter in place order in three counties because of all the heavy smoke coming from the recycling plant. the plant's owner has also been fined once from the 2007 fire because of the dangerous smoke and another time the company was ordered by the epa to stop releasing toxic pollutants into the bay. >>> we're also following developing news out of afghanistan this morning. we've just learned six american service members have been killed in a helicopter crash. the crash happened in afghanistan's zabol province. there was no reported fighting in the area when the plan went down. they were part of the u.s. nato security assistance force. the cause of the crash is being investigated but officials say it appears the helicopter went down because of engine failure. >>> it's a devastating diagnosis for a 19-year-old woman in richmond who was hit by a stray bullet over the weekend. the family of dominique romero says she's paralyze from the waist do

it took 19 hours to put owe the fire in the pile of crushed cars. sims metal management had a similar fire back in 2020. nownow we will check with mike nicco. >> great question, we will look at the country conditions at a site next to the fire at 46 degrees and humidity is high which is good for firefighters and the winds are blowing from the southwest to the northeast so it is going to cross the bay and head over to fremont, newark, union city and those areas, possibly up to hayward over the next couple of hours. thankfully it is a light wind. now, temperatures today are a lot like yesterday, at 44 headed outside and we will be in the upper 50 to low 60's and mid-50 by 7:00. next 12 hours inland, it is foggy in the not by and around concord, and hardly any frost and upper to low 60's in the afternoon and 50 this evening and the coast will be cooler with freezes blowing on shore. you will continue out in the mid-60's but fall into the low 60 and low 50's by 7:00. we have plenty of stop-and-go traffic westbound i-80 because of a hit-and-run accident t

i'm a little ways away from the fire itself. you can see this fire continues to burn. what we are being told this is some sort of warehouse that had electronic equipment and cypriot the contra costa county fire department says what they are doing is fighting its defense league right now. they aren't even attempting to go in there. they say it's a partial class. there's a huge amount of smoke and area and a huge smell of plastic and electronic tight burning in the air right now. as this continues to burn heavily out here, obviously, the fire department what does it want to get into the situation to get anyone hurt. what we are hearing is no one was in the buildings at the time of the fire to read this still a developing story. this continues to burn. it broke out several hours ago. fire officials continue to pour water over the fire. here's a better view. stan will itself is basically closed down- stanwell 3 that one person did it want to go on camera but he said this all used to be one company that they used in this industrial park and since then, they've least that one

department was asked about the fire truck or trucks that ran over the teenage victim, the fire official said that three different firefighters looked at that victim and thought that victim was dead. they said they are going to work to improve the operations so that mistake does not happen again. live in washington, d.c., ken wayne, channel 2 news. >> the ntsb provided bay area people a place to watch a live video stream of the hearing on a big screen. our coverage of the hearing continues on like. go to ktvu.com and scroll down to the asiana 214 hearing tab. >>> police are livermore are expanding their investigation into a youth golf coach accused of molesting students. live in livermore reaching out to those who know andy miss the bet. the police have three detectives working on this case. they have been flooded with calls from parents. many have kids who are in the golf academy. in fact about an hour ago, a detective confirmed for me they plan to ask the district attorney to file new charges against andy nisbitt. >> he's in jail. we reached out to a fellow instructor. but the person w

the fire then started. e been contacted and they trying to determine whether a shelter-in-place is put in for the neighboring counties. you can see the smoke coming off of it, similar to the fire last month. they called for a "shelter in place" for neighboring counties. the fire marshal told us they are talking about it right now and looking at the weather conditions, the wind direction, as well. they will determine in the next hour whether there is a shelter in place for the neighboring counties. we will keep u updated. >> matt, last month, as you mentioned, a scrap metal fire at the same location forced san mateo and alameda and santa clara counties to issue a health advisory because of the stubborn smoke. crushed cars were burning and it took the crews 19 hours to put out the place. >> matt talked about the wind direction and whether a shelter-in-place could be needed. mike nicco is monitoring that. >> the winds are blowing lightly from southwest to northeast so places like newark, fremont, hair, could he

at a time when the bay area is dealing with high fire danger. good morning, i am kristen sze. >> i have learned the authorities say the fire is suspicious that was recorded at 5:30 this morning in santa clara county. matt keller joins us from the scene. is the fire under control, matt? >> i checked with cal fire and they say it is 100 percent contained. this is where the fire actually started: you can see the hilli'd is burned. a stolen vehicle crashed into the hillside and started the fire. another stolen vehicle was abandoned near. when firefighters arrived there were 20 acres burning and spread to 40 acres. >> because of the lack of rain and the drought conditions, the fuels are extremely dry and more what you would see in october and getting a fire at 5:30 in the morning, the end of december, in northern california, that is unheard of. >> resident up here said there is a real problem with stolen cars being dumped in the area, ten the last in but this is the first to catch fire. firefighters will be out here for most of the day. they say that

. >> and fire rains down from the sky. stories of chaos, survival, and courage. "caught on camera: total destruction." >> oh! >> that's going to be loud. >> a fire at a rocket fuel plant creates an explosion and shock wave. minutes later, there's an even bigger explosion. >> wow! >> it was the biggest explosion that i've ever been on in my life. >> may 4th, 1988, henderson, nevada, just ten miles from the las vegas strip. dennis todd is doing routine repair work on a tv transmission tower on the the top of black mountain when he notices an extremely bright fire down below. >> we looked down and saw this fire with this brilliance, like a fourth of july sparkler. unlike anything i've seen before. >> the fire is so bright because it's fueled by ammonium prechlora prechlorate, a highly volatile chemical used to make rocket fuel. todd grabs his video camera and begins recording. >> i set it on a tripod, pointed down at the fire, and went back to eating my lunch. >> the fire has broken out at the pacific engineering and production company, known as pepcon. >> the solid

in big surhas destroyed 15 homes including the home of the fire chief. orcing 100 people to evacuate. it started sunday evening and charred 500 acres. charles clifford shows us where it is burning. >> reporter: this is the coast 30 miles south of monterey between highway 1 on the east and pacific coat. there is 2 miles between the highway and the coast. there is piper ridge. this is remote, ruggedture rain. this is video from our partnership with abc news. you can see the edge of this house. people have been evacuated and 15 home s have been destroyed including the home of the fire chief. cal fire and the forest service is in the area. there are 4 tankers and hot shot crews on the blaze. people have been forced from their homes. the cause is under investigation. charles clifford, kron4news. >> reporter: there was an unseasonably warm day in concord, 65-degrees. half moon bay was upper 60s. the 10th straight day we have seen where wood burning is not allowed. the only thing that can knock it out will be a storm system. we will see one mid-week. we have hig

crews are on the scene of a 4 alarm fire in concord. we will have details coming up. >> the ntsb will hold a hearing on the asiana crash that killed three people at sfo in july. we will tell you what the safety board is focusing on. >> after spending days in the wilderness, a nevada family is slipping safely at home this morning. how they survived four days in freezing temperatures. >> we still are below freezing in just a few spots. santa rosa and a vallejo are all in the upper 20s. a lot of locations are momma. 40 degrees right now for downtown san francisco. the temperatures will actually decline. sunny skies ahead mid to upper 50s. as we head into tomorrow, we may see even warmer conditions. we will continue with this warming trend as we head into the weekend. i will breaks out your forecast coming up. >> we have better nils about an accident in san francisco. south bond 11, the lanes are back (read the bay bridge toll plaza has extended to the macarthur mayes, westbound 24. the san mateo bridge is not in good shape their back up to

toward friendly fire incidents also transformed in the new era of public disclosure friendly fire incidents were cast as criminal and accompanied by a campaign to demonize the responsible parties or even court martial during gulf war one an incident involving nineteen year u.s. army veteran lieutenant colonel ralph alles became the first high profile case resulting from the change in friendly fire policy. on the night of february sixteenth one thousand nine hundred one hales took command of his apache helicopter to check on two iraqi vehicles believed to be a mile north of the american line. the flying conditions that night were less than optimal it was dark and there was a sandstorm growing. concerned about his true position on the battlefield males ask for clarification. and i don't want to bet that they could go like that i think that if they have an arab red line. roger get everybody right so they're going to take him out although hills identified what he believed were iraqi vehicles he became concerned when his apaches fire control computer contradicted the grid coordinates provided by

toward friendly fire incidents also transformed in the new era of public disclosure friendly fire incidents were cast as criminal and accompanied by a campaign to demonize the responsible parties or even court martial during gulf war one an incident involving nineteen year u.s. army veteran lieutenant colonel ralph alles became the first high profile case resulting from the change in friendly fire policy. on the night of february sixteenth one thousand nine hundred one pales took command of his apache helicopter to check on two iraqi vehicles believed to be a mile north of the american line. the flying conditions that night were less than optimal it was dark and there was a sandstorm growing. concerned about his true position on the battlefield males ask for clarification. why do i want to bet that they could go like that if they are bred and. prouder to be for the right so they're going to take him out although hills identified what he believed were iraqi vehicles he became concerned when his apaches fire control computer contradicted the grid coordinates provided by the troops on the grou

the fire truck was responding to a call at the time. the investigation is in its early stages but police think the driver of the mercedes is to blame. >> the fire department was going to an emergency vehicle had lights and sirens on. the other vehicle that was towed away a mercedes was going westbound on howard and apparently they failed to yield to the fire truck. >> there's no word on what kind of incident the fire crew was responding to or where it was headed. >>> an and had building went up in flames. the fire broke out 46th avenue near the fremont memorial pool. there's no word on what caused the fire. >>> a two week winter holiday dui crackdown in san mateo county wraps up tonight. from december 13th through tonight officers have been out at check points checking licenses and looking for drunk drivers. police say the holidays are an especially dangerous time to be on the road. >> last fall up in the city of daly city a family four three were killed at the hands of a drunk driver. so we're doing everything we can to educate people

engine attended what was reported to the fire service as a gas meter on fire. ld see there had been some electrical activity in and around the corrugated steel supply kit with a tube to the gas meter. if we look closely at this particular one, you can see the small holes in the tube where the electrical overcurrent has melted the tubing and allowed the gas to escape. >> the holes are caused by electric current passing through the stainless steel tube which has a very high resistance and acted like an electrical fuse, basically melting. two houses next door to each other, both with gas meters on fire, unusual circumstances to be sure. but from there, it gets even more unusual from a fire investigator's point of view. >> the fires developed in such a way that the two small fires that are being dealt with. and then within a few minutes, the third house up, the door is slightly open. and all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door frame. this all happens in less than a second. >> out of nowhere, this third house that seemingly has nothing to do wi

what's the fire doing? it's dying down, they say. well, i must say it's a peculiar thing that the baron can come in here if i can't. let's go to the ballroom. very well, we'll make a note of this. i need hardly make my moral yet more clear that might be teasing this idea. [clucks] solyony has smoked the whole room out. the baron's asleep. baron, baron? i'm awfully tired. the brickworks. no, i'm not talking in my sleep. i really do intend to go to the brickworks and start working there quite soon. i've already had a talk with the manager. you're so pale, so beautiful, so fascinating. your color seems to light up the darkness around you as if it were luminous somehow. you're sad? you're dissatisfied with the life you have to live. oh, come away with me. let's go away and work together? nikolai lvovich, i wish you'd go away. oh, you're here, are you? i didn't see you. goodbye, i'm going. you know, when i look at you now i keep on thinking of that day, it was a long time ago, your saint's day when you talked to us about the joy of working

toward friendly fire incidents also transformed in the new era of public disclosure friendly fire incidents were cast as criminal and accompanied by a campaign to demonize the responsible parties or even court martial during gulf war one an incident involving nineteen year u.s. army veteran lieutenant colonel ralph alles became the first high profile case resulting from the change in friendly fire policy. on the night of february sixteenth one thousand nine hundred ninety one hails took command of his apache helicopter to check on two iraqi vehicles believed to be a mile north of the american line. the flying conditions that night were less than optimal it was dark and there was a sandstorm growing. concerned about his true position on the battlefield males ask for clarification. why do i want to bet that they could go i believe that i think that the arab red line. roger could everybody be right so they're going to take him out although hills identified what he believed were iraqi vehicles he became concerned when his apaches fire control computer contradicted the grid coordinates provided

southern california with its year-round staff keeps more in take the, but a big fire to the north might find agencies making due with less calfire muscle than they are used to and to think during december last year a series of storms had bay area fire crews scrambling on calls for flooding and power outages. now instead of sandbags it's red-flags. >> alameda county is under a red-flag warning until tomorrow morning. >> reporter: it was a fire season that started early and ended late, and the numbers reflect it. calfire tallied 7100 wildland fires, that is 2300 more than last year. reporting live in castro valley, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> one of the largest of the wildland fires broke out in contra costa county in september, the morgan fire burn more than 3,000 acres off morgan territory road outside of the clayton at the base of mount diablo. investigators determined that the fire was started when someone was target shooting on their property. no charges were file. >>> our team coverage continues with meteorologist mark tamayo. >> ken it felt strange making the fire dan