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this is clear lake, this is where the fire is burning. the flames have been raging all day long. 5,000 acres burned. a number of crews on the ground and last night the flames were a major problem. there are still evacuation orders and we do not know what caused the two fires. >>> we are receiving pictures from our viewers near the fire lines. she e-mailed this photo of smoke billowing from the hillside. and matthew took this photo last night of the flames up close. send us your picks, e-mail them to us. >>> a small fire at the shell refinery in martinez brake out at 2:40 p.m. this afternoon. firefighters knocked it down quickly and a health advisory was lifted. it comes one week after the chevron refinery in richmond. >>> inspectors focused on a 8- inch pipe today at the chevron refinery that leaked the fumes that sparked the fire. it was next to a larger pipe that was replaced. they want to know if the smaller one was corroded and if it was why it wasn't replaced. >> hard to imagine they wouldn't replace it. >> that part of it had refine

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. >> mike is tracking weather conditions where the fires are burning. let's begin with amy hollyfield live in lake county with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the views up here are beautiful, but not today. it is very hazy up here, there's a lot of smoke, these fires are still going strong. look at this video shot by sky 7 hd this morning many even though the weather cooperated overnight the fires burning near clearlake were still very active. firefighters called in extra resources to help today, evacuated residents waited for news. >> in the trucks, vans, that's why we look like we do. >> reporter: becky set up camp in the parking lot of the moose lodge on highway 20. she evacuated five horses and five dogs in 15 minutes yesterday. she says the horses usually fight getting in the trailer1x not this time. >> they were waiting at the gate before it got bad. they smelled the smoke or something. >> reporter: the lodge parking lot became a gathering spot for people trying to pass through on highway 20. firefighters unexpectedly shut it down this morn

. >> mike is tracking weather conditions where the fires are burning. let's begin with amy hollyfield live in lake county with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the views up here are beautiful, but not today. it is very hazy up here, there's a lot of smoke, these fires are still going strong. look at this video shot by sky 7 hd this morning many even though the weather cooperated overnight the fires burning near clearlake were still very active. firefighters called in extra resources to help today, evacuated residents waited for news. >> in the trucks, vans, that's why we look like we do. >> reporter: becky set up camp in the parking lot of the moose lodge on highway 20. she evacuated five horses and five dogs in 15 minutes yesterday. she says the horses usually fight getting in the trailer1x not this time. >> they were waiting at the gate before it got bad. they smelled the smoke or something. >> reporter: the lodge parking lot became a gathering spot for people trying to pass through on highway 20. firefighters unexpectedly shut it down this morn

the fires are burning east of clear lake, the y fire is burning near the community of clear lakes oaks. that's near the community of 53. the walker fire is burning farther east south of indian valley reservoir. we have team coverage tonight. ktvu's meteorologist mark tamayo is in the weather center but we begin with matt keller who is live in san helena with the very latest. >> reporter: that's right, the fire department has sent a truck in to san helena. here's video just into our newsroom the biggest fire is the y fire it started near highways 20 and 53 it's 5,000 acres and growing. one structure has been destroyed. the valley community is threatened by the flames. an evacuation center has been set up at the elks drive on highway 20 just west of highway 53. firefighters say the hot temperatures are allowing the fires to spread more rapidly. >>> the relative humidity, amount of moisture in the air is very, very low and having those conditions, causes the fire to spot more. so the fire can jump ahead in advance of itself. >>> the walker fire and walker ridge near the lake calusa fire l

not nearly as much as it was burning before. earlier tonight it looked like a scene out of armageddon at upset with the black smoke stack and the red and orange cloud. it was just and the cloud billowing across the sky. big high trail of smoke and all the smoke pouring out there. wasn't like anything we have seen here in a long time t.it certainly did attract a lot of attention. as nick said that were people standing by the side of the highway with their camera taking pictures fast it was some sort of an event. not worried too many about whether they were going to be inhaling anything bad because the smoke was going straight up in the air. from where we are at here in point richmond we are up wind so we have never really caught a whiff of it. but there were a lot of people here who were concern. one woman said she thought it looked like atomic explosion but knew it wasn't. another man said that he heard a warning of it from his contractor and went outside and flabbergasted. here are a couple of sample of the people told thus aft

combined the two fires burned 5,000 acres. the wye fire is the one near homes it has destroyed three buildings, threatening 480 homes, all evacuated and they've set up a senior center where people can gather and the red cross has been brought in. this is 15 miles from the town of clearlake threatening the community of spring valley. those who had to evacuate tell us they only had a few minutes to grab their things and go. calfire saying they believe this started along the highway. >> vehicle or person accidental, could be any of those causes, malfunctioning vehicle, we have no reason to believe it is anything but that. >> i grabbed all the medications we needed, dog food, water and some clothes and stuff. >> reporter: the second injury was to an inmate who was out there fighting the fires, minor first degree burn. that firefighter is expected to be okay. calfire not only watching homes in spring valley closely but also concerned about the water treatment plant at wolf creek and an agriculture water shed also worried that the f

still, the fire is burning with plenty of intensity. it is burning from people and property. now it is focused in a rural area which creates challenges for firefighters who are trying to get to it. they are happy to hear about relief to residents. at this point, even firefighters recognize there's good news this morning, for them not so good news. >> this is very difficult terrain, difficult area to fight fires, a lot of history of a lot of fires over the years, steep, hot, dry conditions with poor humidity recoveries making firefighting effort hard. yes, we are happy that residents are able to go back to their homes today. >> reporter: the fire did grow by another 1,000 acres yesterday. it has now burned about 6,000 acres. they have 25% of it contained same amount they had yesterday morning. it is holding steady. they are not making huge strides. they have 358 firefighters out here battling this fire. they are going to hold at that level today that is the plan that they came up with. firefighters were still arriving yesterday many now the plan is in place and it is time to e

you're looking at flames burning here in lake county. there are two fires burning. walker fire and... >> the y fire. so far about 11 squire miles have burned last night z about 500 people have been forced to evacuate their homes because the flames spread fairly addressively. >> that is about 5,000 acres and mark matthews is on the scene. we're having difficulties but hope to bring you his story in just a moment. >> stay with us. we're going to move on to other things for the time being. we're all over this fire for you. a year ago bart pulled the plug on signals that a rowdy band of demonstrators were using and they're stainling a march right now from the station to guard headquarters near lake merit. and jonathan bloom is with them. >> you can hear me okay. we're here at the station where that march is beginning. you can see marchers just went by. this is a small crowd, about 20 or 30 people that left to commemorate the shut off in a san francisco bart station. and they're marching from here to oakland head quarters to let bart know they haven't forgoten what they

a large wild fire burning in lake county. according to the last update that fire has burned 3,000 acres and it is zero percent contained. burning near the intersections of highway 20 and 53 it's forced the evacuation of 400 people from nearby spring valley. the hot temperatures, dry grass, and humidity is making it tough to fight. >> having those conditions causes the fire to spot more so the fire can jump ahead and in advance of itself. and it plays quite a toll on firefighter safety and fatigue. >> there is another fire burning nearby on highway 20 near walker ridge road. so far it has burned 2,000 acres. we do have a reporter on the way to the scene. we will bring you a live update from the fire lines in just a bit. >>> happening today people living in rural parts of the state will start to see a new fire fighting fee in their mailboxes. the new fee will help cover the cost of preventing and fighting fires in those rural areas. the bills run about $150 or more. they are being sent out alphabetically by county. alameda coun

now we have founded but we call the burning and project. -- what we call the burning man project. it eventually leads to the event itself. this is a wonderful opportunity. the thing about burning man, when you look at the variety of people that go there, when you look at this environment, where all the normal boundaries are down in every department of human knowledge and endeavor. if you ask what possible application that we have created that may be useful loud in the desert, -- what would it have an application to? education, urban planning, disaster relief. needless to say, we are ambitious than we think we can affect the course of things. we hope to in this century. >> i wanted to dig a bit more into that. i would love it if you could maybe help contrast the radical levels of participation and involvement that you see at burning man with the current status of san francisco. for a city that has so many creative and imaginative folks, perhaps there could be more to be done on the civic involvement front here. >> we formed a relationship with mayor newsom a while back. i met him a

that is where they turn -- found a burned body near a burned car. they found no signs of foul play and this may well have been an accident. >>> back to breaking news, in san francisco, a fire near city college, right sal? >>> that is right, it is on ocean avenue, very close to city college and it is close to one of the fire stations there on ocean avenue. we did have a fire response and this fire has gone to a second alarm, more units are arriving at the scene. this is a building and the traffic has been stopped and the muni service in the area has also been stopped here because of the structure fire and it appears they have been call to the scene. we have not confirmed that anyone has been hurt. but they are calling more paramedics and medical units to the scene. it is a good area to avoid. let's go and look at what we have for the rest of the morning commute. is that what we are doing here? yes, all right, we will go to steve now. >> thank you, sal. >> just some patchy fog, there is really not much at all. mostly sunny, 50 to 55, temperatures are

the two have burned more than 12 hours. the wire fire burned three structures. it has the community of spring valley evacuated. that's about 480 homes. the division chief says about 300 firefighters are working the flames right now, and more help from all over california is on the way. >> we have 25% contained, approximately 3,000 acres. the walker fire which is further to the east, right around 2,000 acres, approximately 30% containment. >> the walker fire is in a more remote area off highway 20. it's not threatening homes. highway 20, though, keep in mind is shut down. officials say it will be closed for at least another 12 hours. as for injuries, one person and one firefighter have been hurt, but both are said to have minor injurie injuries. >> thank you, marla. 5:31. we have new information on a fire at a san jose landfill that started at the newby island land fill, it was smoldering most of the day on sunday. the blaze sent thick smoke into the air. while a shelter in place warning was not issued people nearby could smell the burning trash were urged to sta

so we talk about burning off it's the sun burning off the blanket of clouds from the top. so this will be gone by about 10:00 today and you'll be left with a warm day downtown today in san francisco, likely to get close to 80. the city forecasting about 75 degrees. so keep that in mind. 6:46. let's get right to it. temperatures at 66 degrees to start. that's where you're starting this morning in livermore. so get ready for a hot day. high pressure is going to warm us up more so as it strengthens and moves into the bay area. so for us we're talking about a 3 to 5-degree warm-up from yesterday's highs and yesterday was a hot day. as we head through tomorrow more of that cooling fog which is great news for the fire that's burning, two fires up in lake county. that will help with our overnight humidity recoveries, also what's interesting, we had a stagnant air mass, this morning the winds are light up in the clear lake area but expected to pick up throughout the day. 102 degrees in livermore, 103 in fairfield and 95 degrees in santa rosa where clear lake will hit about 106. th

this has burned 1,800 a.. >> mark: the most devastating fire burning across the nation right now is in washington state, 70 homes have been lost. strong and gusty winds are fueling the flames. justhours this has 4 square miles. to counties have declared a state of emergency and authorities have ordered about 400 people to evacuate. firefighters have not had much luck so far. there are 600 fire fighters working this ablaze with zero containment. >> mark: back here in the bay area keeping all our eye on bay area weather and traffic let us get more on your forecast with erica. >> erica: the good news is that i did not need my windshield wipers on my way into work. it's o'clock we will have cloud coverage that will be stubborn, to not be surprised if you do not see any sunshine whatsoever. we have clear conditions for the satellite and radar and we have some fog situated along the coast and it looks like some high clouds to the heart of the bay area. those numbers right outside the door show no shocks or surprises. the upper 50s reported fairfield in concord. our future forecast shows a li

chevron says the priority is putting out the fire which is still burning. and keeping the community safe >>> i want to apologize to the community for the fire and smoke from a richmond facility >>> you can hear the siren in the background that is a notification to the community this is still active the shelter of warning still in place. officials are certain this is contained situation people will no longer to seek shelter there are hazmat crews on the ground testing the air air quality still a concern at this point we don't have conclusive results. >>> earlier i do not know if you can hear me, a lot of people coming around and talking to you and wondering what was going on our people in their homes now? >>> from where we are now not a lot of spectators out and about mostly media, a lot of people did gather just to stand and look at the sheer volume of the smoke plume that was drawing people here, as the sun sets and the wind has picked up you can smell the smoke smell in the air people are taking shelter. >>> we go now to cbs 5 reporter linda yee standing

you can see the burn operation. in is where crews are burning out some of the fuels in the past -- in the path of the walker fire trying to slow its spread. overnight firefighters have made significant progress in this area. this pair of large fires, now 30% could be taked. they've already done quite a bit of damage. two homes were destroyed early on. one -- contained. they've already done quite a bit of damage. two homes were destroyed early on. >> there's not a lot of homes out ahead of it. just a lot of brush that's not burned in decades. that's critically dry right now and that's why it's burning so quickly. >> reporter: last night, about 8:00, evacuation orders were lifted and hundreds of people returned to their homes in the spring valley area. now the work begins to figure out what started these two fires that started late sunday afternoon. the investigators were at the site, the point of origin to figure out the exact cause. it's still undetermined. there's a ton of resources. a lot of cries on the front lin

the fire that is burning next to this one is called the walker fire. it is burning 2,000 a.. that one is only 30 percent contained. >> mark: incredible images captured after the rover curiosity touchdown on the red planet. >> mark: they call curiosity's rover on a rope as it dangled from the debt package. --from the jet pack. >> mark: we are getting more news and clear images coming in each day. it will be a couple of weeks before all rover symptoms are checked out. the first target of interest may be right here. >> morris has a less dense atmosphere. so, it is just coming straight down it blew out the soil and drilled a hole all the way down to the bedrock. >> mark: the mission team says that this perform flawlessly and beyond expectation. the bar for the rest of the mission is set pretty high. back in the the legal watching bay area weather and traffic let us start with your hot weather forecasts. >> erica: good morning to you more, today will be another hot one but it looked like we will cool down gradually for the rest of the work week. here is a look at your current temp

they are burning this area on purpose in hopes of letting the fire burn itself out. right now two wild fires are burning. the large e one is the wild fire and burned three acres. it has destroyed three buildings and sent one to the hospital with miner injuries. the second fire has burned 2000 acres. meanwhile, more than 30,000 acres are burning near the city of beldon. the fire began on july 29th. more than 600 buildings are threatened. so far the fire is 12% contained. they should have it fully contained before the end of the month. >>> dozens of people e vac kuwaited due to the 138-acre fire that started sat afternoon. so far it's 30% contained and 11 firefighters have been treated for heat related injuries. it was started by a discarded cigarette. >> today could be a critical day for the investigation of a chevron refinery fire in richmond. we're live now where inspectors are due to arrive in just about a half hour. >> a team of seven inspectors, actually investigators from the u.s. chemical safety board has been at the refinery since tuesday but today an addition

the body is burned so badly it is not identifiable. dental records will have to be used to confirm the identity and again this was the scene just moments ago took the vehicle and reported live. >>> right now several are meeting to discuss the huge refinery fire, let's listen in for a while. >> thanks to all of those for their efforts to savely extinguish this fire. we can report that the main fire has now been extinguished. safety officials are now allowing a small controlled burn as a safety measure to help reduce pressure this is in similar to safety devices. the shelter in place was ended last night by contra coster health services at 1:00 p.m. the refind are you ended our shelter in place. and all employees have been accounted for and three employees have been treated and us sustained injury last night. the source of the fire is still under investigate and 20 response vehicles andel 80 of them, emergency stops teams, teams from other contra coster refind are yous, and el cerrito sir and all of them pro tried -- provide for their ai

the morning, this wye fire is burning and it burned 5,000 a., there is also a the east call the walker fire. it is right near wall corrode--walker road it has burned 2,000 a.. we talk with the battalion chief on the scene. >> we have had about 350 personnel. >> mark: incredible pictures coming in from kron4 viewers. here is a view from the lake we have a massive size of fire burning there. you can see the smoke that is coming up from the fire. in the cut is tracking the weather. it will be brutally hot in the area and tough conditions as far as the fire spreading and tough conditions for firefighters to work in. >> erica: as we head into the afternoon first off, temperatures will reach the triple digits. with that, we will see an increase in the wind speed. hopefully right now firefighters will get a hold on the fire especially in the morning hours. as of right now is the cool is that it has been we are talking upper '70's at this hour but humidity is still extremely low. dressier coupled with the of warm temperatures do not make for favorable conditions right now the thought the fire

the ewye fire has burned 3,000 a. and the walker fire has burned 2,000 a.. shelters are being set up in clear lake. additional resources are being brought in now. we have sent you to video coming in. this is a time lapse. here is the like. you can see the fire. temperatures begin to rise to over 100 degrees today. it is when to be a tough on the firefighters. erica has more on what to expect. >>erica: the bad news is that the temperatures are ready try starting to he appeared fire fighters are really trying to battle this fire. the temperature is expected 1066 degrees there. in the low humidity while calls >> the temperature is expected to be 106 degrees. the low humidity levels and the high temperatures expected to make it difficult to contain the fire. >> >>mark: there is $150 bill property are being sent to homeowners. they're going out of the balance radically by county. one group says a plan to follow a lawsuit against this. they say is a tax. >>darya: officials alive out there this morning as we wait for those shoe to clear the way for them to go in an

from the massive wildfire burning some 6,000 a. and lake counties are allowed to return to their homes. >> darya: let's give you the latest on this, you can see the incredible of fumes coming from this area is so hot there. firefighters are having a tough time in the heat and the wind. this fire at this time is about 25 percent contained. we are standing by for new numbers to, we will have that live, we will also learn that a briefing will happen in about 50 minutes we are waiting for those new numbers. we have a positive development people out of fire is away from the valley area, that as we're about 400 homes have been evacuated, those residents are being allowed to go back in. >> darya: earlier yesterday the entire highway in this area was shut down. utility crews from pg&e are in the area. cal fire is public information officer says that although residents are allowed to go back to their home, the fire did come dangerously close. >> the residents will return to blacken soil all around them, their homes are safe to go back to. w

. >>> so far it is now up to 6,000 acres that have burned in the area of highways 20 and 53. backup there now with more on what crews did overnight to help control those flaps good morning alex. >> yes, what were they doing overnight? >> well, we looking at a couple of engines, they are standing by next to one of the homes that have burned and they are keeping hot spots on this area and they have sort have combined these. they are handling them as one incident and they still have access fire and they are trying to take advantage and build up the containment lines but they feel pretty confident in terms of the homes because the fire is burning east and it is a sparse i populate -- sparsesly populated area, that is why everybody was allowed to return to their homes and there is -- that is why all those people went home to find only three structures were lost in the fire. that is a test amount to what firefighters have done. >> what you has wind been like? >> well they were calm and it helped the crews to get a new handle on the fire but cold winds yesterday, things are very cal

black rock solor, which came out of burning man in gerlach. the school is closing down because they do not have any kids. the economy has been based on mining. there are some tourists that come through. hunters. some of our people come through and leave money in their wake. a little town like that does not know how to make money. but they have learned in certain ways. we have made significant charitable contributions. i do not want to great -- take much credit for this, but we are helping to keep them alive. the thing about our event, we do not do commercial things at the event. it spreads out the economic development to our neighbors. the piutes down the road are now doing in the in taco stands now and we know them. there was the day when we were considered scary, coming from san francisco, you know. it is much easier to break into a big city. but we are well accepted and respected because we talk straight with everyone and we have benefited everyone. >> one more question and then one final question for you. >> something my friends have talke

fires are burning in a remote rugged area. at this point no homes are threatened. >>> federal law enforcement officials praised the city of san jose today for how it deals with violent gangs but found out a different story by going to the streets of san jose. some business owners complained about being victimized by gangs. >> san jose is getting national recognition for cracking down on gang activity and its community approach in reaching out to gang members but for more than half a dozen downtown merchants it's difficult to appreciate when there's security cameras constantly catching gang members attacking and intimidating people in front of their businesses. >> dealing drugs, the fights, the violence, the attempted murder, the issues here just escalate. >> the business owners complained as they wrapped up its two-day forrum with the department of justice. san jose's approach of creating a network of community programs is being used as a model to help other cities deal with youth intervention and gang violence. . >> we have c

that fire has burned 2,000 a. and is only 30 percent contained between both fires, 400 personnel on scene. evacuation's for the walker fire are in effect in the wilber hot springs area and that is a huge vacation area the people come from all over the state and country to vacation because of the backdrop in the mountains. that area is now in the evacuation mode, no reports of burning buildings but we heard a report earlier this morning about a victim that had to be pulled from the fire from the will or springs area. no confirmation from cal fire as they're very busy of highway 20 where we are beginning to smell a little bit of that smoke in the city of williams. >> thank you. >> it is 5:50 a.m., coming up, contaminated fruit at two major fast-food chains. >> they are the pride of petaluma and the big names have not even started yet, reaction from the nationals on their way to the williamsburg pennsylvania world series. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, a lot of people name their cars. mine should be sporty. maybe i'll give mine a n

also details on the fire that was burning in san jose. where it happened and what the latest is. >>> and would you be willing to ditch your phone for a break on dinner? how one restaurant is trying to get diners to get old fashioned face time. ♪ ♪ i'm thinking sweet ♪ and i'm thinking new ♪ i'm thinking all these brilliant colors ♪ ♪ shining through ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking sunshine ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] ♪ i'm thinking [ whistles ] [ female announcer ] 40 delicious flavors that feel as good as they taste. yoplait, it is so good! >>> how often do you check your phone when you're out o dinner? one l.a. restaurant is asking diners to knock it off and they will knock off the tab. they want people to pay attention to the dinner partner than the folk on the phones. >> it's like a choke check for devices at the restaurant. and a 5% meal discount when diners leave their phones in the basket. many ask why no one thought of this before. >> i think it's great. although i got to admit, i'm guilty. i saw it afte

burned. no reports of serious injuries sunday that we sat close calls. >>> i was on the road and flames on the road on either side i looked up everything was black, i drove through it, i could not brief, there was fire everywhere on all sides of you >>> the fire burns and a rugged mountain area with lake forest making it difficult for firefighters to battle, at last check only 5 percent contained. fires burned beyond california's borders, dru levenson on the strain that the summer drought has caused >>> helicopter water drops along with better weather are helping firefighters and the battle against the taylor bridge fire in central washington. firefighters stood on the lawn 20 yds apart looking for spot fires. >>> we're holding the line to make sure nothing jumps across >>> nearly half of the 23,000 a. fire burns out of control nearly 50 houses either destroyed or damaged. this couple among the hundreds of residents forced from homes their house still stands. many neighbors are not. >>> one f

with serious burns. officials say fireworks from another display somehow landed in the church tower igniting that fire. >>> here's something you don't see very often. one plane on top of another. this happened yesterday at nashville international airport. the gulf stream jet was being towed and collided with the smaller twin-engine aircraft. both are privately owned and no one was on board. this is the second time planes have hit each other at that airport in less than a week. >>> a lot of cities and states are waking up to a harsh reality. may have to cut back services because they depend on sales taxes to pay the bills. as jim axelrod reports, it's hard for sales tax alone to support even the tightest of budgets. >> the voters of colorado springs had a choice three years ago, raise taxes or live with fewer services. they chose dark highways, overgrown parks and municipal layoffs. the lights are back on now. the parks look better. but new mayor steve bach is still worried. >> i don't think we're in a cr

the so-called walker fire is burning along the county line while the much larger y fire is burning closer to the town of clear lake. they fled their homes after firefighters issued an evacuation order for the spring valley subdivision about 15 miles from the town of clear lake. >> we could see the orange and the black. we could see some trees that were on fire. and we couldn't see anything in front of you. you could just see where the different billows of smoke were. you are breathing in and it is tough. >> reporter: megan grabbed what she could in 15 minutes. she is an artist and she made sure to take her art work. >> you can't take pictures of people who aren't here anymore. >> reporter: he had minutes to grab his belongings. >> i grabbed all of the medication and i grabbed dog food and water and clothes and stuff. >> reporter: the chp blocked portions of highway 20 and 53. only emergency personnel could get through. cal fire says both fires started along the highway. >> which means the vehicle or the person, accidental any number of causes. we have no reason to believe it is anything b

the so-called walker fire is burning along the county line while the much larger y fire is burning closer to the town of clear lake. they fled their homes after firefighters issued an evacuation order for the spring valley subdivision about 15 miles from the town of clear lake. >> we could see the orange and the black. we could see some trees that were on fire. and we couldn't see anything in front of you. you could just see where the different billows of smoke were. you are breathing in and it is tough. >> reporter: megan grabbed what she could in 15 minutes. she is an artist and she made sure to take her art work. >> you can't take pictures of people who aren't here anymore. >> reporter: he had minutes to grab his belongings. >> i grabbed all of the medication and i grabbed dog food and water and clothes and stuff. >> reporter: the chp blocked portions of highway 20 and 53. only emergency personnel could get through. cal fire says both fires started along the highway. >> which means the vehicle or the person, accidental any number of causes. we have no reason to believe it is anything b

air tankers dropped retardant -- they wanted this area to burn slowly to remove fuel. highway 20 reopened to traffic but only one way at a time under chp escort. causing delays of an hour or more and traffic restrictions will remain until friday. cal fire said hundreds of acres of dry brush remain unburned. the fire fight will go on for days. >> a lot of potential this fire could spot ahead of itself. >> reporter: if you look over to my right you can see some of the land burned in the first hour of this fire on sunday. there are 1100 firefighters, many from the bay area. containment is at 30% and the evacuation orders that were -- issued sunday night when this fire broke out, those were listed last night. in lake county, ktvu channel 2news. >> another scare today at the shell oil refinery after a gas leak led to a health advisory. want to show you time l aps e video of the flair up that started at about 12:30 this afternoon. investigators say a pressure relief valve went off and got stuck in the open position. officials evacuated a section of the plant and then allowed

burning up. there is a meeting tonight at 6:00 at richmond memorial auditorium to discuss the issue with neighbors. they say it's quote, unacceptable. >> there is a part of the refinery shut down and production have been stopped until safety inspectors determine it's safe to restart work in those areas and analysts say it will push gas price as above $4 a gallon on the west coast. >> residents quickly followed procedures soon felt affects. >> with less than a half hour i began noticing my throat getting irritated. and sore. >> my wife is pregnant now. i don't know. i hope nothing bad happens. >> roberto gonzales took this video of the plume of smoke. he says he heard a series of explosions. >> there is lots of videos from the fire, one riding the ferry when a crew ordered everybody to go inside. if you'd like to send in your pictures or video you can e mail those to us or up load them. and chevron is holding a meeting tonight this is for residents that may have concerns. there is a live report co

the fire east of clearlake has burned more than four square miles, nearby the walker fire has burned more than three square miles. we're going to go to ann mackovic who spoke to people that were forced out of their homes. >> it looks like we are having difficulty with her, we will try and fix that signal and get back to her as soon as we can >> in the meantime lets go to elizabeth wenger or to find out what conditions are light in the north country as a deal with very hot temperatures and a lot of fire and wind. >> a very dry heat with low humidity at hot temperatures. right now already in the 90's and we're going to see triple digits. 108 is a forecasted high later this afternoon. the only good news is that the wind is not too bad. wind out of the south at 10 mi. per hour right now. obviously that is good news for firefighters and good news for us in the bay area because those wind will push and the smoke away from us here around the bay but again, the temperatures are very hot, very dry conditions so that will not be helpful to battle this fire. coming up we will take a look at the

he has burns on 50% of his body. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> as the maryland special session reconvenes, on the agenda, gambling as well as lawmakers discussing issues created by recent court ruling on pit bulls. the maryland court of appeals said pit bulls are inherently dangerous and they have made landlords and other property owners liable for tax. the bill would make pet owners solely responsible for damages. you can get up-to-the-minute information all day long on wjla.com. >> investigators in prince george's county looking for the gunman who shot and killed a man in riverdale. police say a man was found shot to death yesterday at his home on kenilworth avenue. investigators have not released the victim's name or any information on what may have led to his death. >> crews are halfway through a routine inspection of the wilson bridge, looking for cracks, discoloration, or unusual wear and try to find of grout used to protect steel support cables is contaminated with too much chloride. they say t

what were two fires burning since sunday is being treated as one fire that burned five square miles, hundreds of homes were in danger, it's moving to the east allowing people to return home. you can bet they'll keep their eyes peeled to the east. and. >> we're hopefully getting a good handle on it in lake county the day began with 30% containment. up close enough, po% can soon burn. as we saw yesterday, the fires caused from the air. it's easiest access in this country. a task made more difficult because of the summer heat. at least one fire fighter suffered from heat exhaustion today. and for the rest a day of waiting and praying the winds stay away today. >> and we can have the change quickly. what they have happened here is that happening. and the fire does change and we have spotting and that is how it spread so quick lie that is abc 7 news reporter reporting. hundreds of homes being are by a fire east of redding. it's the biggest one burning in the state now. all that have smoke has created a massive thick haze over northern california. sandhya? >> there is nasa satellite imager

very bad my throat was burning my eyes was burning >>> i went into a panic i started feeling hot might chest was tight my eyes were burning in my throat was itchy >>> i was right up in the fire i was so close to what my nose started burning my eyes were irritated >>> the folks we spoke to released from a hospital or set to go home and get dressed try to avoid going outside and take it unnecessary medications if they suffer from anxiety or pain, right now the smoke is not overwhelming there is a fan smoke in the air everyone who has been asked to leave the hospital as to keep a mask over their nose and throat the city of richmond recommends people close their doors and all ventilation systems are closed- door off. >>> not everyone follow the orders to stay indoors cbs 5 reporter of linda yee in the el cerrito hills you can see a life picture of what's going on we check in with linden now and get what she is seeing or smelling from el cerrito. >>> you can see and actually a from el cerrito earlier tonight the smoke did pass over here in el cerrito as well as pinole and rodeo residents to

it had time to burn. the damage is extensive to several businesses along this block of ocean near capital. luckily no homes were damaged on the back side. crews were able to spare those. right now it appears everybody is beginning to wrap up everything. they are controlling the hot spots and fire investigators will try to figure out what started this fire. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this morning all bart stations are open now that the chevron refinery fire from last night is contained and shelter in place order is lifted. last night bart shut down its stations in richmond, el cerrito and el cerrito deller in they. no bus bridges were set up because the shelter in place order was in effect and passengers had to find other ways to get home. but again all bart stations are opened nor for this morning's commute. >>> the refinery fire will probably have a big impact on all of california. coming up at 8:47, pam cook will come back with more on why the state gas supplies are already tight an

two dozen homes burned. residents returned finding nothing but smoldering ashes they're given minutes to evacuate. >>> you cannot get everything in 30 minutes, you practice fire drills at school but not at home you don't know what to get. >>> more than 60 homes burned in fires across the state police said in a fire that destroyed homes in luther may have been deliberately set. reports that someone deliberately tossed burning newspapers from a pickup truck during >>> a beautiful day in the bay area skies blue, the beach might be a good destination inland especially by wednesday and thursday. >>> i know least one part in the east bay was part people enjoyed cool temperatures. it was lovely it is about to change. >>> it may change for the better, if you're in the mood for warmer weather. right now it is pleasant is we go out side it is 76 in concord 68 in concord. 66 at sfo. santa rosa and 72 per eye and take away. visibility has improved. the storm did drop a little bit of rain in the area. 24 hours ago time l

one refinery worker suffered minor burns. chevron says no unsafe levels of any hazardous materials were released then. back in march of 1999 a leaking pipe created a vapor cloud that exploded and burned. 400 neighbors went to the hospital during that incident. many of them complaining of respiratory problems. >> as you know the refinery fire setoff huge plume of smoke and created quite a sight. many viewers grabbed camera and phone to share their pictures with us. lack at this neighbor in richmond captured this image from 23rd street. here's dramatic look at the fire that phil captured from across the bay. >> smoke as you can see filled the sky. mike took this picture in the hills just minutes after the fire began. certainly that haze quickly filled the air. >> you can share your photo or your video of the rae finery fire with us. you can e-mail them to our web site or up load your video at this web site. >> 7 news will continue to monitor the chevron refinery situation throughout this newscast and we'll have live team covera

as the wildfire burns firefighters will set back fire that burn this way and then the process burn up all the vegetation so that the wildfire has nowhere left to go. >>> examples tonight of how serious the situation is. stay with us for continuing coverage. coming up in 12 minutes bill martin will be back with tomorrow's outlook and at 10:45 with the complete bay area forecast and at 10:30 update you onto effort to fight the flames in lake county. we will tell you about new bills the state is sending out this week for fire protection service. >> with much of the state in the summer heat wave the operators of the state power grid issued a flex alert for tomorrow. the system operator is urging operators to reduce their concussion especially during the late afternoon and evening when demand for power peaks. they want people to turn off the power when they aren't home and restrict the use of appliances. >>> demonstrators marched through the streets on their way to bart headquarters. the protesters were trying to get back momentum from a series of protests last summer after bart cut cell p

as the wildfire burns firefighters will set back fire that burn this way and then the process burn up all the vegetation so that the wildfire has nowhere left to go. >>> examples tonight of how serious the situation is. stay with us for continuing coverage. coming up in 12 minutes bill martin will be back with tomorrow's outlook and at 10:45 with the complete bay area forecast and at 10:30 update you onto effort to fight the flames in lake county. we will tell you about new bills the state is sending out this week for fire protection service. >> with much of the state in the summer heat wave the operators of the state power grid issued a flex alert for tomorrow. the system operator is urging operators to reduce their concussion especially during the late afternoon and evening when demand for power peaks. they want people to turn off the power when they aren't home and restrict the use of appliances. >>> demonstrators marched through the streets on their way to bart headquarters. the protesters were trying to get back momentum from a series of protests last summer after bart cut cell p