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many of them caused by fireworks covers yulia sevices live in martinez where a fire broke out near highway 6.80. only good morning. >> yeah, it was between 6 ad in this neighborhood on raul circle. you can see this house is a look at that. it's standing up today because the fire happened just right behind it. and in fact, i'll show you how close it was. you can see that burned fence right and that that actually started last night show you the video of the fire. >> it was a pretty big fire. you can see the smoke office 6.80 freeway. and if you listen closely, you can faintly hear fireworks in the background as firefighters battled the fire and put down brush on this hillside. there was no injuries reported on this fire, but it is one of 48 grass fires that the contra costa fire department responded to last night. in fact, at one point 9 exterior and vegetation fires currently burning at the same time across the district causing the contra costa fire department to form a task force to address the fires, not the bulk of the fires that they battle last night. we're in the 9.10 o'clock pm hours

morning, 2 men in concord are attempting to break a 50 year old record on a teeter totter crawford's yulia0's has the story. >> this is day 6 that check and mike are on the teeter totter. they're attempting to break chuck's world record of 50 years ago which was 216 hours teetering and. all my friends have been having to listen to me talk about this silly thing. >> for 34 years. i just think i can do it again. >> at 68 years old, check admits that there are harder obstacles to deal with that when he was 18. it's been a test this weather. the wind. >> sacramento 50 years ago there was no water near us. i didn't understand it. the water down there is with the wind. it's on us. >> last night's cold weather made a pretty rough on these 2 guys to get any sleep. but mike says it's the communities courage. >> that keeps him going. >> the people that come out and have supported us. and in everybody has been. fantastic. in supporting a thing. we can do it. you know, we summary those with, you know, messages on. you can do it. >> checking my cap to totter until sunday in order to keep record of 9 th

conference yulia sevice has been watching what's happening in santa clara has the latest. only. >> yeah. hi, daria. well, investigators are still on the scene. they look like they're wrapping it up a little bit at the boardwalk apartment complex. that's what this is where the shooting happened in fact, let's show you a map. so you have a better idea where this all came down. i was shortly after midnight when dispatchers received a call regarding the shooting here at the boardwalk apartment complex. now, when officers arrived, they found a victim who was struck by gunfire in the parking lot area of the complex. the suspect was nowhere to be found. but they did police officers did spend the next 8 hours collecting evidence and trying to figure out what exactly came down in happen. neighbors here in the complex are just really surprised that there's even a shooting happening here on their in their neighborhood because they said this area is very. quiet and it's very family oriented that they've never seen anything like this before. in fact, they said the only time that there'

crawford's yulia 7 standing by live for us in martinez, where one particular fire broke out really close to some homes near highway 6.80. good morning. ali. >> yeah, good morning. james. yes, these people are very lucky that their home is still standing because the fire got really close. let me just show you i just pan over here and i up in between the trees. you can see the burned fence right over here. >> and you can see some more of burned to fence in hillside right over there. but let's show you the video because that's pretty impressive when when you see it here. so you can see that the fire got so big, you can see it off a 6.80 freeway causing smoke. and for the neighborhood just to get nervous because as you as i showed you earlier, it was very close to these homes over here on ross circle. now, if you listen closely, you can hear faintly in the background fireworks as firefighters battled the fire and cut down brush on this hillside. they do suspect fireworks is the cause of this fire. was one of 48 grass fires that the contra costa fire department responded to last night. in fac

yulia 7 is there right now. following up on the investigation and the damage only. >> yeah, daria. well, investigators are out right now and they're kind of circling around the whole building. you can see the damage. it was really, devastating on this. but on this building, one cop person called in and said that there was an electrical socket and external one and a fence on fire and around that same time they got another phone from the inside. now the i spoke to the battalion chief and he explains a little bit of what the person said from the inside. >> and it was a night time cleaning person went back to make access to the area smelled smoke and then some type it looked like a outlet on fire on the inside area from where we're mission reports or not. exactly sure if it was outside in or if it started inside and burned to the outside the extended with the fires fire cause is still currently under investigation. >> flames that you see in the video that you're seeing that came in from a crime for viewer which are really appreciative. they said that once the fire reached the attic tha

covers yulia 7 is has been live at the scene this morning. looking at the aftermath philly. >> yeah. well, some of the investigators are on the scene right now. and this is the front entrance of the building. and you can see 3 there's nothing much salvageable you the the fire just really destroy the part of the let's show you the video that we got from a con for viewer wind. the fire was just raging now where firefighters arrived. i mean, i'm sorry. when firefighters said they got several phone calls on this fire. in fact, one phone call was from somebody who. lives right next door to the complex they said that there was a fence on fire that that electrical an external electrical outlet was also on fire. then there's a call from inside the building. >> this happened around 10 o'clock at night. so you had some of the janitorial services working inside the building and they called and they said that there was an fires happening right out of one of the when firefighters got here. you know, they said it was already on fire, but they were still ab

yulia she's live in martinez where a wildfire broke out near highway 6 ad high only. >> hi. there. you can see that it's pretty charged up on this hillside. fact, firefighters just come out like about maybe 5 minutes go just to go to water it down, make sure that it was out and that fire got really close to this neighborhood. you can see this house right here, right in right. it basically in its back yard. luckily, there is a service road between the fire and that home which might have been also a big aid to the firefighters the show you some video of the fire last night. now the fire was so big you could see its. >> you can see the smoke from 6.80. and if you listen very closely, you can faintly hear fireworks in the background as firefighters battled the fire cut down fresh on this hillside. now, there were no injuries reported in this fire here on on ross circle. but it was one of 48 grass fires that the contra costa fire department responded to last night and at one point. 9 exterior and vegetation fires were currently burning at the same time across the district causing the co

. >> it spread covers yulia sevices live in oakland with the latest. ali. >> the morning daria. well, can still see firefighters are out here still a very, very much an active scene. they're still putting water on the house is now. i can't get any closer there is a police line here. so it's still considered it's considered a cr

it's crawford's yulia 7 is on scene for us with the very latest on what we know so far. the only. >> yes, james right now. you can still see the santa clara crime scene unit is on the scene there just been picking up some evidence for the last several hours back show you a map where this happened. now this happened on the boardwalk apartment complex in the parking just outside on the on the skids on the eastern side of the complex. >> they've been out here for a little while. they're going to be out here for quite a while. there's still not a whole lot of information of exactly what happened other than one victim is involved and the status of his condition or her condition is still unknown. we're still waiting to hear from a p i o public information officer to give us a little bit more information. i did get a chance this speak to a resident here. he didn't hear the shooting and he wasn't sure what happened. but he was definitely surprised. >> and shocked that it did. he's been living here from since 2014 and said it's a pretty safe neighborhood and it's been very quiet

kron four's yulia sevice has been out all morning following up for us. what's going on right now. you lee. >> yeah, they're still on a mop up mode. and now that it's daylight. i i'm able to get a little closer and see because it was kind of hard. there's a lot of trees surrounding this building. but you can see how damage this building is. there's no longer a roof on the top floor there. and let me just pan down here a little bit. you can see how charred up everything. and in particularly this fence. in fact, the call came in at 10 o'clock last night because right next to me or behind me, i should say, is an apartment said that offense was on fire and it looked like an outlet and exterior outlook was also on fire. now, according to the fire department, they said it was not only got one call that came in. but several cause. they said one call came in from the inside of the building. let's take a listen to battalion chief. >> and it was a night time cleaning person went back to make access to the area smelled smoke and then some type it looked outlet on fire, on the inside area from

. >> it spread covers yulia sevices live in oakland with the latest. good morning, ali. >> the morning daria. well, can still see firefighters are out here still a very, very much an active scene. they're still putting water on the house is now. i can't get any closer there is a police line here. so it's still considered it's considered a crime scene until they know otherwise it's just a protocol that they do when they have something like this just to keep people back and eventually they allowed get a little closer the list, show some video of the fire when it was at its peak. this actually came in from a viewer in the data in the neighborhood. many people heard it. i spoke to one person said that it was about 05:30am, in the morning when they heard people screaming and running around. she peeked out. she saw a lot of smoke. just saw some people scattering and trying to look for you there to pets are some of their loved one. so it was very jarring for the people who work in these all. it started off as a to alarm fire that quickly went to a 3 alarm fir

conquer and firefighters at this point are still looking into what started this fire with crawford's yulia 7 is on scene for us this morning. nearly. >> yeah, well, james is hard to believe this was only a one alarm fire, but it was a fierce one. so much that it destroyed this 2 story building to see the roof here just really there is no roof left. you can see the flames just burned right through it. the show you video of the fire when it was at its peak. call came in around 2.30 this morning. and when firefighters arrived, the roof was completely engulfed by flames they immediately went into a defensive mode and getting their ladders to shoot down into the building on all 4 sides of the building. >> now there was a little bit of a windy condition and they only had minimal equipment that they were able to handle this fire and get it and put out. >> within an hour. and just in the last couple hours. they basically finished putting out all the hot spots. >> this building has been abandoned for 4 years. and within that time firefighters have returned to this area for other fires outside and a

we have fire crews now responding to an office building that caught fire in santa clara kron four's yulia 7 live at the scene with a closer look at what's going on right now. i only. >> all right. daria and well, right now, firefighters are basically just mopping up. >> this fire is completely out and it's kind of hard to even see the damage and the building just because there's it's surrounded by so many trees. but let me just show you off to the side here. >> and you can see. whole fence line kind of burned up on the side. in fact. >> the call came in at 10 o'clock and they had several calls wong was from someone from this building over here on the side. this is apartment complex. the building that caught on fire is an office space. and they said that the fence was on fire and it looked like an electrical exterior electrical outlet was also on fire, but there was also another call that came in from the inside of the building. let's take a listen to the chief of italian chief and explain to us what what that call this about. >> and it was a night time cleaning person went back to make ac