Close to important ship. Crews worked to save as much as they could of the pier and the jeremiah obrien. Crews are still pouring water on the pier. Dispatch audio giving us a glimpse into the scene this morning. I think we have a listen for that. [ no sound ] weve got Team Coverage for you. Getting to more of what were listening to. Sergio quintana and christie smith. Whats going on sergio . Reporter i can tell you as you mentioned, Police Officers and fire crews are still on scene here at pier 45. That fire came within just a few feet of the ss jeremiah obrien, but very quick work from fire crews saved that world war ii era ship. Towering flames and thick black smoke, first crews on scene immediately called for backup. More than 150 firefighters mobilized to knock down the four alarm fire. Were doing a surround and drown, getting this from all sides. Too dangerous for our members to be in there. Reporter first moments of the firefight, chaotic. You can see firefighters spraying one of their ladder trucks. Placed truck in position to save the warehouse to my right, and they did that amazingly and here oically, getting heat impingement and damage to the fire truck. Reporter one firefighter was injured with serious cut on his hand, taken to local hospital. Fire crews didnt attack from inside because several walls collapsed. Other side of the pier, crews mobilized a fire boat to douse the flames and keep them from Floating Museum of the ss jeremiah obrien. Still dumping water here. One of the walls that collapsed. How close it is to the ship. Been known as the lucky ship, one of the last liberty ships around. Survived north atlantic and dday. Reporter three crew and volunteers were on board, dramatic awakening, they all evacuated safely. Fire investigators have not yet determined a cause for the fire. Building that burned is called shed c, one of four warehouses part of the pier 45 complex built in 1926. Unfortunately that warehouse is a complete loss. Reporting live at fliishermans whatever in San Francisco. Ser sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. You can see the crews still pouring water on the pier. Bottom of the screen. Theyre making sure nothing rekindles there. Dispatch audio we talked about giving us glimpse into the scene this morning. Take a listen. Be advised. Heavy fire back of the pier. The uss jeremiah is in danger. Get water back here. Whole back of the building is going and the roof. Ss jeremiah obrien, a rich piece of american history. One of two fully functional liberty ships built and launched in world war ii, constructed in maine, made seven voyages in the war. As we heard, one to normandy, france, for dday. One of the last unaltered liberty ships, everything on board is accurate. Museum enjoyed by many who come to pier 45. Thanks to the volunteers who restore and maintain that vessel. Firefighters were not able to save the businesses inside that warehouse. Anxious day for Business Owners and fishermen who operate out of there. Christie smith has that part of the story. Reporter several people gave credit to the San FranciscoFire Department for their efforts and what they saved. Warehouse is in the rear, mainly used to store equipment and theres some offices there. Did speak with some tenants in nearby businesses that were not burned, they were wondering about things like access, if the power was on. Its a challenging time but there are also orders to fill. The wall of flames at pier 45 at fishermans whatever wrf was mea huge response. Washi washing anxiously. Lot of fishermen store traps and gear over there. Buildings evacuated are seafood distributors. Reporter with aloha seafood, theyre not in the warehouse that burned but hes concerned about impact on memorial day weekend and whether they have access to process orders. Going to have to get hold of every customer who placed order for today saying sorry its not going to happen today, meaning not going to happen this weekend. Lost eip some vehicles but the building is intact. Reporter port gave the update that power was on at some point. Would let the tenants know when it was safe to return to two areas not impacted. Theres power on in shed b and d where a lot of the Food Processing happens. Reporter red and white vessels are safe but offices are not. Were severely affected. Office and operations and engineering workshops were located in shed that burns to the ground. Reporter comes at hard time. Not offering tours on the bay due to the pandemic. Closed march 16th by the order, unfortunately had to lay off most of the staff shortly afterwards. Now this. Reporter theyre hoping to reopen soon but say when they do, need support from locals. Now again, tenants who process fish here are waiting to get back in. I did speak with the port. They tell me thats expected in the coming days. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Owners of a wellloved tourist attraction on pier 45 breathing big sigh of relief. Musee mecanique survived. Items including arcade games that still work. Closed because of the pandemic but survived the fire. Compelling video of the crews working hard to save the jeremiah obrien, see how close the flames came to the ship on the right. Fire boat three, working to knock down the flames. Firefighters say that crew was tasked with saving the obrien. Fire boat three did amazing defensive fire attack and defended our history, specifically on memorial day weekend, it saved that vessel. Lieutenant baxter says without that fire boat flames would probably have destroyed that ship and its history. Incredible images flooded social media this morning. Listener posted these to twitter. Huge, visible from all parts of the bay area and smoke as well. Scomas restaurant is across from the pier, donated water and lunch to the firefighters and Police Watching over the hot spots today. Weve been following the story all day on digital platforms. Download the free app for latest news straight to your phone. Walnut creek, hot there but not as hot as its going to be soon. Part of the memorial day warmup, meteorologist rob mai ada. We had temperatures in mid80s but clear out. Temperatures cooling. Wind speed 28 miles per hour. Sea breeze which is weakening. Marine air influence on the inland temperatures which are about good as it gets now, going to change. 10 to 20 degrees warmer than today. Four to five to nine degrees warmer in san jose today is just the start of a warming trend to put valleys into the 90s, near 100 degrees, and not just for a day but potentially several. Inner bay temperatures 80s to low 90s. In ten minutes closer look when we expect the peak of the heat wave to arrive. Back to you. Its a test San Francisco is hoping people will pass this weekend. Its being given at dloer iz park. Painting circles. You and people you live with should stay in circle and seem to be doing great job. Thats remarkable. Parks across San Francisco and bay area. Just in. Gavin newsoms ban on inchurch services upheld. Sure to deepen the rift between newsom and pastors. Court wrote that normal standards should not be applied because the coronavirus is highly contagious and often fatal disease for which there is no cure. Hundreds of pastors vowed to hold services in defiance to the orders. Thousands turned out at state capital to demand california reopen faster. Dubbed liberty fest. Protesters that were donald Trump Supporters and antivaccination advocates and many who wanted to open their businesses. Didnt follow social distancing, not a lot of masks. Police closed off the street and monitored from a distance. Response team is getting a lot of questions about coronavirus. A special at 6 30 tonight, chris chmura will answer your questions tonight after nbc bay area news at 6 00. Dubs could be back on the court this summer. But not playing in the city. Plan to restart the nba season. Plus social distancing this holiday weekend, how people are celebrating on the beach while practicing social distancing. Announcer closed captioning sponsored by eda mayeda mai e. New at 5 00, a tragic story that gripped santa cruz area. Eightyearold girl murdered. Suspect in her death a teenager. Now learning that her ashes have been stolen. Urn was stolen out of fathers car. Keeps it in the glove box. They just want urn returned, no questions asked. Middleton disappeared in 2015, body found in dumpster at apartment complex where she lived and Police Arrested then 15yearold Adrian Gonzalez with her death. Anyone with information is asked to call police. Crowd flocked to Hermosa Beach here. Fairly large but seem to be distancing pretty well. Hanging out, sunbathing and more. Reopened the beaches but only allowed on the sand for recreational purposes. Supposed to be walking and biking on the beach and paths and parking at parking lots at beaches. Not allowed to sunbathe, grill or lounge on the sand. Lot of lounging going on there, supposed to wear face masks and keep moving. Thats Hermosa Beach right there. Think of memorial day weekend as unofficial start to summer but coronavirus is putting damper on that. More americans are venturing out. Some are hitting the road. Not as many as years gone by but it is evidence things are far from normal and many are remaining cautious. This is a whole different environment, whole different memorial day, whole different world were in. Dont underestimate this virus. We know it can rear its ugly head at any moment. And infections are on the rise in some states. As result, quiet airports and roads with light traffic as many people are not willing to risk it just yet. Nba season might be starting sooner than you think. League could return to action end of july. According to those reports, league in talks with Walt Disney Company to restart remainder of the 2020 season, idea to hold season at wide world of Sports Complex in orlando, whole season as single site for games, practices, housing and everything out of orlando. Still ahead, celebrity chef makes a stop in bay area. How guy fieri is helping First Responders on the front lines of the pandemic. Heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. How about something good right about now . American celebrity restauranteur feeding Health Care Workers and First Responders in bay . Guy fieri, known for his restaurants, today showed up in santa rosa to pass out meals for First Responders. Thanked fooery for supporting local restaurants. Hes raised a lot of money. Great job, mayor of flavor town. Mayor of weather town, rob mayeda, hes Holding Court in backyard, hows it going . Popular maybe just for today, but coming up be most unpopular person in bay area next couple of days. But enjoy the present. Nice outside. In 80s around the trivalley. Walnut creek is breezy. San francisco has really cooled down to low 60s. Upper 60s near oakland. San jose, concord and fairfield, mid80s. Hope you enjoyed it. From here going to heat up. As we see now, strong onshore wind, not coupled with the fog we usually see. Weve got the fan cooling us off. Will slow down as High Pressure strengthens. Not going to notice it tomorrow morning. Still comfortably cool for now. Low 50s. By the afternoon we begin to see a few spots climbing closer to 90 degrees. Foothills of south san jose. Concord is close to 90. 80s bay side locations. San francisco has the sea breeze, not as cool. Highs in 70s tomorrow. North bay, highs as much as 91. Yountville, four days around 76. Livermore, hot tuesday and wednesday and palo alto, 98 degrees. Baking in temperatures thanks to strong High Pressure. By friday well see the high weaken just enough and sea breeze will come back. Next weekend, upper level low will bring cooldown bringing thunderstorms on the coast. After dry weather may have to watch for dry lightning next weekend. Heat is the headline. Sevenday forecast. Mid80s middle of the week. Valleys, tuesday and wednesday, hottest places close to 100 degrees. Solano county could see 105 wednesday, hottest day. Unlike the heat spells weve seen last month, this will last a while through thursday or friday before cooling arrives. Enjoy the outdoors right now as many families are here. Looks great. Thanks very much. Businesses thinking outside the box in the pandemic. Look at creative way east coast brewery is making deliveries. Dog gone good. You know some dog owners can only dream of training their dogs to fetch their beer. Thats exactly what a pair of golden retrievers are doing. Are you ready for our deliveries . Good boys. Thats buddy and barley. Going to get budweiser and barley as the ingredient. Their owners own brewery on long island. Would make deliveries with dogs tagging along. Now the owners drop off in gloves and pups bring deliveries to front door and pose for photo op. First time had beer delivered by dogs, makes beer extra special. For what were dealing with right now, its five minutes of happiness, which i think many people need. If you have too many beers you have to have hair of the dog right . Owner of six harbors brewery say after the pandemic the dogs wont go anywhere, staples of the brewery where customers also bring their pups. Back in a moment. The easing of covid19 restrictions in Santa Clara County came just in time for south bay college graduates. Grads got to enjoy horn honking, loud, raucous but safe celebration. Family members cheering from passing cars. Supposed to walk across the stage, that was canceled. But lifted restrictions on car celebrations, allowing the car parade to party on. Were back at 6 00. Breaking news tonight. Hard start millions of americans hitting the outdoors for summers kick off, crowding beaches and boardwalks theres always a possibility. Alabamas coastline filling up even as its hospitals hit capacity and this scene from texas just hours after bars were reopened back on course the president goes golfing for the First Time Since the pandemic as the nba says theyre working on a new plan playing all games at disney world. The new hot spot the warning that south america is now the disease epicenter. Were on the ground in brazil the famous beaches ther