And, also, how a larger crisis was avoided starting with Amy Hollyfield at richmond parkway and west gertrude. All the story now is the foam. It is everywhere and being blown all over. It is snow in richmond. I am told it could be corrosive. Wash it off yourself or car but it will dissipate and it did the job. Had was a huge amount of dark black smith, black because of the hydrocarbons the fire was burning with plastic and oil. The fire started at the auto weeing a car junk yesterday at west gertrude and the parkway at 7 10. Residents were tolded to shelterinplace and they were anxious about their health as the smoke passed over the their homes. I have high Blood Pressure and i am diabetic and was concerned inhaling this toxic, the toxic fumes. The gas tanks were exploding. Firefighters estimate hundreds of carried burn taking three hours to put identity. Water was not getting job done so they turned to smoke. It is windy and they extended the shelterinplace order to the Richmond Hills and to el cerrito. The air quality experts were on hand honoring the air so this will be an ongoing situation. Right now, no reports of concerns. The cause is under investigation, but a fire marshal thinks it will be accidental and at this point it does not look like anything is suspicious. Our cameras were rolling when the fire break out and we could see the richmond fire from different spots around bay area, these are four different perspectives officer San Francisco to emeryville. Now from the emeryville camera, the camera was shake in the wind, and incredible time lap video shows it rising from cross the bear and this is from our exploritorium in San Francisco when the boat went boy. Neighbors are posting marriages including look how close the smoke is to the homes. Air quality is less of a worry now. We mentioned that the shelterinplace was lifted but it is something to watch. We will check with meteorologist mike nicco for that. Mike . The prevailing winds were from northwest to southeast and i doomed in so you could see the winds were going and who was affected, including berkeley and emeryville and over to oakland and alameda right new they are up to 14 to 20 but they have not created any more issues with the fire as the smock is minimal and the fire is about out. Winds are remaining an issue for all of us at 25 to 35 but they are dry winds from the arctic so it will be chilly the next couple of nights and i have profit and freeze warnings. We had road closures so i will bring in alexis . We still have the road closure at richmond parkway and it is a man consider door trying to get to the richmondsan rafael brake usually faster than take 80 and it is closed between pittsburg and west gertrude where the fair broke out. Not much of a delay right new but i am seeing delays building approaching 580 to westbound 80 taking the detour. It is not too bad. The speed is down to 25 american. We do not have an estimate but i went to you check out the folk, that is still all over richmond parkway and it cannot be reopened nil they know it is fought too slick to drive over. The couple vehicles are message crews. No estimate. I will send out a tweet when i have that. Local hospitals were geared up to handle potential patients from the fair. We go to Kaiser Permanente in richmond with that part of the story. Leslie . I am at Kaiser Medical Center in downtown richmond in stand by mode. We are less than two miles from the fire scene. When word of fire rolled in the hospital call additional staff and nurses and extra doctors. No patients have come in, and richmond fire captain said they will have no reports of citizens injured or firefighters injured. There was a concern in the concerned about some of roads and freeways reopened. People could experience eye and let was tires that contributes to the smoke. They are here with extra people on the e. R. Just in case. Report from richmond for abc7 news. Thank you. We are learning the yesterday has an interesting history. We have discovered the wrecking business went even open for business. Jessica castro is here new with more on that. Jessica . Jessica the name of the auto junk yard is deal auto wrecking and recycling. But for longer operational and do not have a working witness because the last known own are died four years ago. We specific to the form treasurer and c. E. O. Of the business on the phone and he said they sole the property when the owner died. According to the Contra Costa County assessor website the property itselfs with sold two years ago for 3 million. The junk yesterdays old Facebook Family said the thousand acre lot was family run and special east in classic car parts from the 1930s to the late 1970s so there could have been a few vintage automobiles that burned up. When we have breaking news you can help us tell the story. The view who shot this video shot from his vantage point. Certainly scary. Er we are trafficking trouble after the storm with a gaping sinkhole opening up with matter keller on summit road and loma prieta. Everything is wet in the Santa Cruz Mountains and mike nicco said some spots saw up to 7 of rain from the last storm. When everything is wet, the roads are dangerous. More showers in the Santa Cruz Mountains today, great weather for banana slugs, federal weather for the roads. This part of Southern California san jose road did not survive the storm. Asphalt dropped down on to the hillside, if a vehicle want done it would nut stop for about 300, the boston damage on the road made possible because the commuters could bypass highway 17 but not only damage. Pretty bad . Last night. Slides make you think twice about driving too fast. This knowledged interest Southern California road and this spilled over half of the road. Crews cleaned up what they could, clearing up lane, the Santa Cruz County workers will stay busy for a while. The best advice in the Santa Cruz Mountains be represented to prepared to stop. All the hear of the hit areas from the storm is san anselmo. A massive tree came down on a house on tamalpais avenue and you can see it crushed a carport and several cars. It knocked out power to the neighborhood and startled people who last night helped the Family Impact bid damage. We have less concerns that our neighbor and making sure they are okay. Anyone was hurt. The fallen tree will be cleaned up today. Damage in portrero valley a large tree crashed into a hoax at 1 30 a. M. And went through the roof. There was a person inside. No injuries were reported. An inspector needs to check out the him to determine in it is still inhabitable. Scene on the peninsula, this tree crashed outside a home in East Palo Alto crushing two cars parked on beach street. Witnesses say no one was hurt. Crews cleared the debris off the sidewalk so people could still walk through until it is concerned up. We were in friend this morning as pg e crews worked to restore power to issues of customers, and we spotted this worker fixing a street light. Pg e is making problem and the outage map shows a handful of customers without electricity in fremont and that is a big improvement from overnight when 3,200 customers were affected. Firefighters say it looks like the weather play a relative in a horrific car crash in the south by. A car wrapped around a pole in san jose at capitol expressway, one person was extricated using the jaws of life. Two people went to the hospital with no word on their condition. Bart getting back on track after facing the same troublesome issue two days in a row. The traffic trouble blamed for slow down commuters. Dramatic rescue in San Francisco, and a man pulled to safety after being stuck on the side of this is violet. Shes been waiting for this moment for awhile. A moment other kids wouldnt think twice about. Her first bowl of cheerios. Because now that cheerios are gluten free, violet, and many others are enjoying their first bowl today. Bart trains are moving against after a major issue this morning tryers systemwide delays. Sky 7 was over the bay fair station in san leandro. A switching problem brought trains to a stop dug the morning commute and that, of course, caused residual delays. The issue has been fixed and they had the same issue in the same area this time yesterday. San Francisco Police are investigating a crash involving six or seven cars in the sunset district. Investigators say to people were taken to the hospital with significant injuries, seven others with minor injuries near 19th avenue and lincoln last night and could have started with a speed driver whose car did not stop until it knocked over a fire hydrant causing a geyser of water to shoot on to the street and was going about 65 Miles Per Hour. Man is recovering after he was tracked on the side of a cliff in San Franciscos sea cliff neighborhood. You can see him cling on to the rocks there, and the map was there for hours, trapped 100 downs screaming for help, and rescuers say he faced 15 Miles Per Hour gusts and wet ocean conditions with the storm. Firefighters rappeled down and brought him to safety. The man is okay. It is still not clear how he ended up trapped on the cliff. Next on abc, we will help you celebrate the holidays in style this weekend and where the occur attend is going on. Some folks could be headed to lake tahoe, and look at the snow, as a result of the through storm, this is a camera. Meteorologist mike nicco has the now your accweather forecast with meteorologist mike nicco. All the rain is over and now we have the after effects, freezing cold temperatures, hard freeze in the north by, not the bay shoreline or the coast but what we call a kill freeze because if you do not protect the plants they can go. You have to keep the pipes warm and keep the pets inside tonight. Not only tonight, but, also, tomorrow night in the north bay. All of us tonight and in the north bay tomorrow tonight with temperatures 26 to 32. Around the bayshore, lows around 30 to 35, protect the laboratories and the pets and that is from midnight for 8 00 a. M. Tonight and tomorrow. Breezes in emeryville are 15 to 25 and faster at the old water. Look at the white caps, from emeryville to the golden gate. Winter returns, chilly and dry breezes today, cold this morning, and calmer and cooler and dry during the weekend days. A few showers still linger in the santa cruz mountans and this is going to be the area that could have a few more as we head into the afternoon. You can see the snow showers still up in the sierra but the heaviest snow is over. Radar is moving from northwest to southeast and the entire line sinks to the south so by 2 00 or 3 00, the chance is gone. The wind are decreasing overnight and temperatures are going to drop like a rock. Headed to today, lowtomid 50s it will feel cooler when you factor the breezies and from emeryville back to the Golden Gate Bridge 47 to 52 at 2 00, and 50 at 4 00 and we drop into the 40s by 6 00 and stay there through 8 00. If you are headed to the sierra we have a lot of snow, a couple of foot, feet and blinding sunshine on saturday and sunday and above average on tuesday and cooling trend with a chance of snow showers on thursday. What they got was heavy and west basebuilding snow, that will stick around. It will not be added to. Highs in the lowtomid 50s today, tomorrow, and sunday and monday and tuesday warmer with a slight chance of rain next thursday. Nothing like we saw. My goodness, no. If you look for something fun to do this weekend we have you covered, with reggie aqui with ideas from our partners. All the holiday hoodline takes us to the bali. Professional dancers go through 30 pairs of pointe shoes a season. This is the 22nd year, the first act here is traditional. All the second act, we shift gears and everything is bright red and we go into the cool christmas. We have a little of everything in that. That is a cool crime. Eartha kitt singing santa, baby. Otherwise jazz, tap, swing, music from Frank Sinatra and jonie mitchell. If you still need to get yourship on, consider holiday gift fare, the ultimate in shopping local 60 vendors setting up tables, free on sunday from 10 00 for 5 00. In that gets you hungry hit up the soma streeted in park all you can see crabs, 50. These hoodline events are through our website at abc7news. Com. Hope your weekend is on pointe. Local holiday crab. Aand how well the new star wars movie is doing at the box office. And the deadline estimated to milk 30 million last night on opening, not official from disney but compared to the force, made 50 million. Starting at 7 00 p. M. , and disney is our Parent Company and abc7. In rogue one, has you ready to act out star wars, the Second Annual glow sword battle is tonight in San Francisco and this is video from last area. Bring your light saver at mission bay boulevard north and 4th. In cooperation with rogue one and the nissan rogue, we are supporting toys for tots drive, dough not a new unwrapped toy for children everywhere. It is finally friday, and that means time to meet this weaks perfect pet. Mike will be back to coming up at 4 00, structure in trash. The saga of a woman whose cash for a mortgage ended newspaper a landfill. Steph curry celebrates ugly christmas sweat are day and what else he is doing to bring a smile to folks in the bay area tonight at 5 oclock. He makes the ugly sweaters look good. And now perfect pet. Mike . Who is the cutie . Swiss miss, a dog from the east bay spca, swiss miss is four year old pitted bull mix, full of energy and loves to get outside and ball. Tennis balls are her favorite and she loved fetch and make as from highing or running bed. How about that. If you would lake to make swiss miss part of your family, call the east bay very bright. Very aware. Very well trained. Sits on command and just, completely. She has negative but knows when to turn it off. President obamas News Conference hasnt started yet but we will carry it as soon as it started. So keep it right here. That sound. Like nails on a chalkboard. But listen to this family talking thats a different kind of sound. The sound of the weekend. Its baking season. Warm up with pillsbury. At progresso, we are now using 100 antibiotic and hormonefree white breast meat chicken in all our chicken soups behold our greatest opus 14 questions, 14 answers, and 1 million in the balance. But, hey, no pressure, right . Lets play who wants to be a millionaire. [dramatic music] welcome to the show. You guys ready to play millionaire today . [cheers and applause] all right, having traveled to six of the seven continents, our returning contestant is known for collecting a specific type of souvenir, and his collection is not yet complete. From los angeles, california, please welcome back jeff richmond. [cheers and applause] jeff, welcome back. Hey, chris. Great to see you again. I thought i did some traveling with my jobs, but you have definitely flown the friendly skies, huh . As much as possible. Its one ofits usually the Main Objective of my life. Today, i have a slightly different objective. Right,