Summit. World leaders including russian president Vladimir Putin are in hamburg for the event. On the streets near the summit, riot Police Clashed with protestors and several cars were randomly set on fire nearby. President trump we had to this morning, i look forward to all meetings today with World Leaders including my meeting with Vladimir Putin. Much to discuss. All eyes will be on mr. Trump as he sits down with putin for the first time. Just yesterday, putin penned an op ed in a german newspaper questioning the president s trade policies. After the president directly criticized russia we urged russia to cease its destabilizing activities in ukraine and elsewhere. Reporter the white house will not say, though, whether that tough talk would extend to alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. Jane ferguson, for cbs news. 5 01 right now. Lets check the weather and traffic. Friday light is good to see. Well, it was. Oh, it was . It changed. [ laughter ] so we have about a 40degree temperature span across the bay area today. When you stop and think about it the entire lower 48 states, alaska and hawaii as well, you dont think about 40 degrees span in 40 miles. Thats what we are experiencing today. If its too hot, go to the coast. If its too cool, come to my house [ laughter ] [ singing ] one more time, give it up look out there, you can see the morning star. That is venus out there. It just went out of view. The thing is we can see it as we look out at the bay bridge this morning because we have clear skies there. As we look at the Golden Gate Bridge we have clouds sweeping onshore. Thats the marine layer cooling down San Francisco 55. Otherwise low 50s with clear skies in santa rosa. After experiencing 96, 97 degrees around the trivalley yesterday, 63 is your start for this friday. Temperatures 67 degrees average high in San Francisco. Instead low 70s. Look at concord and how much above average we are. San jose 90. 60s for the cool spot today around Half Moon Bay, daly city and colma. Otherwise you will have a sliver of some sunshine. 70s and 80s common across the peninsula. 85 palo alto and east palo alto. Mid80s to nearly 90 in los gatos. Morgan hill jumps up to 96 degrees east bay smoking today high fire danger. 100 pleasanton, livermore. 101 antioch and brentwood, discovery bay, as well. Triple digits in fairfield, 90s across the carquinez strait. 60s to 80s into the 90s. 96 in santa rosa. 92 in windsor. Full forecast for your weekend thats coming up at 18 after the hour but lets say good morning to jaclyn. Good morning. And right now, we are tracking this accident in San Francisco. This is along southbound 101 at cesar chavez street and its an overturned vehicle. Emergency crews just arrived on scene. They have three lanes blocked now. We have just got that update. You can quickly see how our sensors have change from green to yellow. We have speeds dropping below 35 Miles Per Hour. Do expect some slowdowns as you make your way through that stretch and on over towards 280. You will be in for some delays. Over at the san mateo bridge, looking aokay out of hayward to foster city. 15 minutes. Usual delays along westbound 580 the Altamont Pass still only 25 minutes between 205 and 680. Thats a check of your traffic. Back to you. Happening today, the two men charged in last years deadly ghost ship warehouse fire in oakland could enter pleas today. Prosecutors say they turned the warehouse into a housing and party space without the proper permits or safety systems. 36 people died in the december 2 fire that started during an illegal party. The attorneys for both men say they should not be held responsible for the deaths. The joint hearing is set for 9 a. M. New this morning, a flight from seattle is once again on its way to beijing after a fight in first class forced the pilot to turn around. Witnesses say it all started soon after takeoff last night when a man apparently walked towards the exit door. The Flight Attendant tried to stop him but was punched. Five people had to sit on the man and use zipties to hold him down until the plane returned to seattle. We could see the scuffling. The Flight Attendants ran back, a code three serious fight up front. After the plane landed, Law Enforcement removed the man. Two other passengers also had minor injuries in the scuffle. President trumps travel ban will take effect in hawaii after a federal judge denied a request to clarify it. That travel ban blocks citizens from six muslim countries unless they have close relatives in the united states. Hawaiis attorney general says n directly from the supreme court. Today, one of the biggest names in bay area politics is making clear what the proposed republican Healthcare Plan could spell for me the judge says hawaii should get clarification from the supreme court. Today one of the biggest names in bay area politics is making clear what the proposed republican Healthcare Plan could spell for medicaid. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live in San Francisco on senator Dianne Feinsteins message reporter michelle, were here at the ucsf Mission Bay Campus because this is where senator feinstein will be speaking in just a few hours. And as you said, shes mostly concerned with how the gops Healthcare Plans would affect medicaid. Its been no secret that the Republican Party has wanted to do away with the Affordable Care act and now that they are in a position to do so, the party is divided on how to dismantle and replace obamacare. Some republicans are calling for repealing it and coming up with a new plan later. Senator Chuck Grassley of iowa says that this will only boost market insecurity but he says the Current System needs change. Now your Healthcare Plans are dictated by law from washington, dc one size fits all and its got to fit into either bronze or silver or gold or platinum and youre going to have more choice. Reporter the existing bill would fail if just three of the 52 republicans vote no since all democrats oppose it. Last week, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell had to cancel a planned vote on the measure because it wouldnt have passed due to the lack of republican support. The Congressional Budget Office says 22 Million People would lose insurance over 10 years if the plan passes as it is now. At ucsf, jackie ward, kpix 5. Summertime usually draws large crowds to the banks of the Russian River but dont go in the water. High levels of the coliform bacteria were found at monte rio beach just west of guerneville. Warning signs advise people and pets to stay out of the water. Its the first of the running of the bulls at the annual san Fermin Festival in spain. It kicked off this morning. We are told three men were gored in the running. Two of them are americans. Many other runners were hurt when two of the bulls separated from their pack on the way to pamplonas bull ring. The festival runs for nine days. In a few hours, we should see teslas new model 3. The first batch of the cars is expected to roll off the factory floor today. The company says the latest electric car is designed for the mass market. The price tag, about 35,000. By the end of the year, tesla hopes to produce 20,000 model 3s per month. Time now 5 08. Still ahead, which popular south bay hiking trails are closed because of a Mountain Lion . Right here in the kpix 5 weather center, i just got the very latest run of our computer models and im tweaking my temperatures and actually bumping them up. Im going to talk about the heat wave and how it will affect your weekend. And we are tracking delays for your drive along 101 due to around accident. Now were tracking mass transit delays. Find out coming up. 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And we are following breaking news out of oakland. A large structure fire is burning there right now. This is on valdez street near 27th street. This is just a few blocks away from lake merritt and auto row. Firefighters are on the scene working to put out the flames. Its not yet clear what type of building this is or how the fire started. But you can see flames shooting right through the roof of the building. This is actually from our camera on top of the kpix 5 studios. Weve crew heading to the scene and will up data you throughout the morning. Got him firefighters had to rescue this little fawn in new york. They say it fell nearly 25 feet down a dry well. They used several ropes to rescued him. He went back to the wild with its mother. Real life bambi. Reuniting with the mom in one san jose park some hiking trips will be on hold. Several trails are closed because of a Mountain Lion sighting. As a precaution, rangers shut down the south rim trail. The Mountain Lion is spotted several times over the last week and a half. One ranger says that the lion should not be considered aggressive but they are not sure why its sticking around. Some visitors, meanwhile, dont seem fazed. I was kind of nervous. But i thought if i ride fast enough, it might not be able to catch me. Im going to enjoy the day nonetheless. For now, the north side of Alum Rock Park is still open including the picnic areas. Rangers will inspect the off limit areas again today to see if the trails can be opened this weekend. Officers are placing flyers on rvs in palo alto parked on el camino real. They say any motorhome that stays past the 72hour parking limit could be towed. The city says its trying to strike a balance between sympathy and respect for the law. Police hope the flyers will prevent them from having to issue tickets. Commute nerds north bay are getting eight more days of free commuters in the north bay are getting eight more days of free smart train rides tomorrow and sunday then july 13, 15 and 16 plus a few more days that week. Space on the trains is available on a first come, first served basis. Ten rounds a day run from the Sonoma County airport and san rafael stations. A Spokesman Says the route has proved popular with 3,000 people riding trains for free on june 29th. It will be nice when that actually gets up and running on the daily basis. Yes. And commuters can rely on it. They can sit back and relax on the way to work. Cut down on some of our traffic. Some of the traffic that jaclyn is tracking. We can cross our fingers. One can only hope. I love mass transit. Highly recommend it. But right now, we are tracking some problems for folks on the roads. This is 101 right near cesar chavez an overturned vehicle, three lanes blocked. Emergency crews are on the scene. You can see this backup is turning bright red. We have our sensors showing speeds dropping below 15 Miles Per Hour. So do expect slowdowns as you make your way through that stretch. I believe only one lane of traffic is getting by at this time. So its going to be a slow ride even at this earlymorning hour. Give yourself some extra time. If you know someone who takes this route, give him a call and a heads up to use an alternate. Heading over to san jose, right now we are checking in problem free. Those earlier delays no longer there along 101. And speeds moving right at the limit as you make your way up 880 and 680. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, things are starting to stack up just a bit. Ill stand out of the way here. You can see sort of a backup in the cash lanes. But no metering lights just yet. Any minute, though, they usually come on right around 5 20. But its about 10 minutes from the maze into downtown San Francisco. We are tracking some mass transit problems. About 10 minutes residual delays from an earlier problem systemwide. The problem originated in downtown oakland on bart, but we are seeing those delays continue. So keep that in mind. Looking towards the bay bridge, we have clear skies this morning, the first time this early all week. We also have some smoke in the background in the east bay, and well have michelle and anne update you on that fire thats burning in the eastern portion of our bay area momentarily. But right now, lets get to this. Our live weather camera over the Golden Gate Bridge, with smoke to the east. But we do have the clouds to the west. Its billowing onshore. Thats the fog keeping the temperature in San Francisco at 55 degrees. Its 59 degrees now in oakland. Roberta sullivan in redwood city is our weather watcher reporting clear skies 60 degrees this morning. And robert, thanks for checking in with us all week long. Have yourself a terrific weekend. One of my favorite weather watchers. He is always up early. San francisco west at 13, calm winds in oakland. Its blowing now out of the westnorthwest at 7 at sfo. 11 in fairfield. It has been a breezy to windy week. That will continue today. In fact, the winds will be more offshore in our inland areas dropping our relative humidity and as those winds increase 10 to 20, gusts to 30, the potential for fire danger is high. Take a look at our satellite radar. Well see some clearing at the coast today. Just a sliver of some sunshine in Half Moon Bay and daly city. Otherwise again today with the sunshine and the triple digits, low humidity, high fire danger in our inland areas. Warm sunshine this weekend and breezy conditions continuing. And next week, some gradual cooling to seasonal highs. Satelliteradar, with High Pressure right there over the western states over the four corners states, its really transporting that warmer air mass from the Desert Southwest to our valleys and inland areas. So not so much affected by this impending heat wave is the coast. Peninsula your temperatures go up. Bayside, not so much. But inland, definitely youll feel the difference today with a heat wave on. Ukiah 101. 80s with a chance of thunderstorms in the high sierra. Our temperatures will pan out like this today. 65 to 71 along the coastside. 64 perhaps right around daly city and colma. Otherwise 70s to 80s and 90s around the peninsula jumping up to 90 in los altos. I have tweaked these numbers in the past couple of minutes with the latest data that i just received into our weather center. 88 in san jose bested by mid 90s in morgan hill to gilroy. Low 80s in mountain view. But meanwhile, as we transfer on over to the eastern portion of our bay area, 100 tri valley. 101 brentwood. Tracy, antioch, also discovery bay. 100 in the Fairfield Area back through rio vista but you couple that up with the gusty wind to 30, humidity drops off into the teens. Boy, high fire danger in the east bay today. 92 in vallejo. North bay numbers 68 degrees in Stinson Beach to 91 in novato. 96 in santa rosa. Mid90s in petaluma. 103 my outside number in the cloverdale area way north. Otherwise, within the urban area, 101 is our outside number. 60s at the beaches. Cooling over the weekend but still mighty hot away from the bay. Seasonal highs on tuesday through thursday. Big doings around the bay area. The Alameda County fair will wrap up its season this weekend. Today 100 degrees. Meanwhile, we have the giants back in town. Are they on a roll 64 degrees a few clouds there. Meanwhile, art Wine Festival taking place, lots of sunshine in los altos at 80 degrees. And the stern grove festival is sunday. If you want the relief from the heat, you head there. I think im kind of acclimated if i go to stern grove ill probably freeze at 60 degrees thats your friday and weekend forecast at 5 20. Mclemores grandmother is trending today. Her 100th Birthday Celebration was a big surprise from mclemore. He made her the star of his new music video. Today were going to do whatever you want to do. Oh, honey. You know what, anything . Anything you want to do. Oh, god, i want to do it all so they did boy, she looks good for 100. Yeah, the pair spent the day motoring around modesto with a cadillac convertible. They played some practical jokes, sang karaoke and stopped at a thrift store. The whole adventure became the new video for the song, glorious. It was officially released yesterday. New England PatriotsQuarterback Tom Brady has a new role, author. Simon and schuster will publish his book entitled the tb12 method how to achieve a lifetime of sustained peak performance. The book will reveal his methods for success including his training and exercise regimen. The power of social media, you may remember this story a player at wimbledon posted on twitter after he witnessed a towel tug of war. Jack sock had tossed his towel to a young fan after he won but a man in front of him decided it was his and he grabbed at it until he got it. Sock later saw what happened and then he tweeted out that message, if anyone knows the kid that unfortunately had the towel ripped out of his hands, tweet his name at me and ill be sure to get him one of the the tweet worked. His agent says the teen cents him a direct message on instagram. He is already home in ireland. But sock invited him to the next match and will ship him a towel. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up a moose on the loose on a golf course. And the as a local product makes good. A Heritage High School out of brentwood makes his debut. That highlight straight ahead. A large structure fire is burning there right now this is a live look. On valdez ear 27th stre we continue to following breaking news out of oakland. A large structure fire is burning there right now. This is a live look at that fire. This is on valdez street near 27th street just a few blocks away from lake merritt and auto row. It has been reported that this building is a residential and Retail Complex that apparently was under construction. This is video of the fire just posted to twitter. You can see flames shooting right through the roof of the building. Firefighters are on the scene. But that live look we were just looking at, very dramatic. We do know that a lot of oakland ladder trucks are out there fighting the fire. It could be burning for quite some time. But the winds in that area are very calm right now. Right now, the goal is to surround and drown that apartment complex and residential complex. But apparently, this is, um, a building that was under construction. We are sending a crew to the scene right now. We are going to continue to update you throughout the morning. Well be right back. man hmm. What do you think . stranger good mornin store p. A. attention shoppers, theres a lost couple in the mens department. vo theres a great big unkhaki world out there. Explore it in a subaru crosstrek. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. A large structure fire is bu right now. This is a live look from chopper 5. Where you can see the flames. We are following breaking news in oakland. This large structure fire is burning right now. This is a live look from chopper 5 where you can see the flames shooting right through the roof of that building. Not much left of it. Good morning, it is friday, july 7. Im michelle griego. Im anne makovec in for kenny choi. Kpix 5s Katie Nielsen is live at the scene of that fire on valdez street near 27th. Reporter we are at the corner of 24th and waverly and we can feel ash from this fire landing all around us. Evacuations are under way of the neighboring apartments and homes in the area. The fire started around 4 50 this morning. This is not an area where typically you would think of for massive apartment complexes. This was a new retail and also residential space that was under construction. There is a crane in the middle of this fire right now. We actually just saw the operators cabin start burning. If you look to the left, there is a ladder truck trying to spray water on some of the flames. But with this massive fire, it almost looks like it isnt have any effect at all. So firefighters actually right now, im not sure if you can see it the construction crane is starting to move. The main tower is starting to turn toward harrison street. So what we know right now is this fire started around 4 50 this morning. And from where were standing, probably 200 yards away, we can feel the heat from the fire. As i said, ash and debris from this fire falling around us. No one was living inside the building when it did go up in flames. But they are very concerned about some of the homes and other businesses around this area. So evacuations under way. People are being told to move their cars, get out of their homes and now it appears the top of the construction crane is continuing to spin. Were not sure if that is a product of the fire or if theres some type of operation under way to try to make that more secure. But definitely, firefighters keeping an eye on that. Its possible that crane could fall at some point during this fire because this heat is so intense from where were standing right now. We can absolutely feel it. Well continue to update you on the situation throughout the morning. But as of right now, again, evacuations are under way. We are not hearing reports of anyone injured in this fire as of yet. So well send it back to you guys. Were just holding our breath watching that video right there especially with that crane moving the way it was. What about the winds in that area . Theyre fairly calm right now which could help firefighters at least from keeping the flames from spreading. Unusually calm right now. At this time 24 hours ago we were having gusty west winds up to 20 Miles Per Hour in the oakland area and that will be the scenario throughout the day today. The winds will be increasing and they are going to be variable. Its a robust sea breeze west but then they become variable and increase up to 30 Miles Per Hour. Lets get back to the scene right now at 5 33. This is the view from our kpix 5 studios and it is unusual because all week long we have been socked in with low clouds and fog. We would not be able to see that. It would be hampering this particular view at this very early hour. However, because of High Pressure building in, producing that potential for high fire danger throughout the day as the humidity drops, we have the clouds scouring out pushing back to the coast. This is the view from our kpix 5 studios broadway and battery in San Francisco. Were looking over pier 9. As you look at the flag on the fly, its been variable as far as the winds are concerned. San francisco right now the winds are at 13. But as we travel due east of the bay bridge, those winds have been shut off, dying down, calm conditions, humidity now is at 83 throughout oakland. The air temperature right now has cooled to 59 degrees. We will be experiencing unusually warm weather in the east bay today. Oklahoma 59 going to the 70s. Were going to keep an eye oakland 59 going to the 70s. Were going to keep an eye on fire. Temperatures inland triple digits. Humidity drops off, as well. And so we do have the potential for high fire danger in our inland areas. Well talk more about traffic and weather but right now, lets send it back to anne and michelle. Roberta, thank you. Were going to continue to follow breaking news out of oakland. We want to take you back to the fire scene there. This is a live look from chopper 5. And you can see how big the structure on fire is now. There is a crane in the middle of it as you can see there. The crane is continuing to move. The fire started around 5 a. M. There are ladder trucks in the area trying to surround the fire right now. They call it surround and drown. You can see the crane is moving. That is something that we have been keeping an eye on. This was a building under construction. Nobody was living there right now. But this project was called 2400 valdez street. It was taking up three blocks on valdez between 24th and 27th. It was going to be this huge complex including 225 apartments, almost 23,000 square feet of ground floor retail. And underground parking, as well. So this construction project was well under way in an area that doesnt have a lot of apartments. So that is the one bright spot in this because were hearing there are evacuations under way. Were seeing firefighters working on the roof of the building next door to that fire. That looks like a dangerous proposition when you look at the size of these flames right now. Its out of control and could spread to other buildings. You can see them trying to pull up the hoses to the roof of that smaller shorter building than the one thats actually on fire. Katie nielsen is out there on the scene. Reporter good morning. We have been here for most of the morning. Its raining ash on us right now from this fire. This fire retewsd stoba viously scene doing their best to try to get this under control. From where were standing at 24th and harrison, you can actually feel the heat from this fire. There is a construction crane in the middle of the fire and right now, it is spinning. It almost appears out of control. Evacuations under way for people who live in the neighborhood. We have been seeing people as they are coming out of their homes carrying their pets. People didnt have a chance to grab anything. Firefighters trying to get a handle on this. There are evacuating the areas around here. Now, what we understand is that this was a complex that was under construction. So there was no one actually inside this building at the time of the fire. And so far we are not hearing any reports of any injuries. And at this point, we dont know if there are any other structures involved or if the fire is spreading to any of the nearby homes or businesses. So a lot of confusion here among the residents wondering what happened, how this started. Obviously, we wont have those answers for quite some time. But at this point, the fire appears to still be burning out of control. And we will of course stay with this and have the latest for you as this story develops. Reporting live in oakland, Katie Nielsen, kpix 5. As we were talking, were looking at a view from chopper 5 right now, and we saw part of a wall actually fall down near a building that has not yet been on fire. But its now obviously in danger of the fire spreading to that building. Youre seeing chopper right now zoom in on that. Thats on the righthand side of your screen. But katie, if you could give us a better view of the neighborhood . What were looking at there . How many people might live around there as opposed to more of an industrial use . Reporter so its a little bit of a mixed bag because like i said, were here at 24th and harrison so you have some of the auto row portion of oakland in this area. But as you start getting down closer to waverly, you have mixed use buildings where you have Small Businesses underneath and then a couple of apartments above. Right now, we can probably see about 100 to 200 people have been evacuated. They are walking down the sidewalks, like i said, bringing their pets. We are seeing some of the interior walls and even the exterior walls of this building collapsing as the fire continues to spread. And again, there is a massive construction crane right in the middle of the fire and it appears that the top of the crane is spinning almost out of control being pushed by some of the winds that this fire is creating. We did see the operator cabin of that crane burn about 15 minutes ago. And right now, there are a number of ladder trucks all around the area trying to spray water. Im sure from the chopper youre able to get a better picture of kind of overall firefighting effort for this. Im sure firefighters are trying their best to save any of the nearby businesses and homes. And from what weve been seeing at this point, its kind of a controlled chaos situation in terms of evacuations. We are back behind a police line. There are a number of residents who are out here in their bathrobes and slippers holding their pets, holding cell phones, and just wondering whats happened, how did this start and if their homes are going to be okay. Not a good way to wake up for neighborhood residents. We are looking at some of the residents right now on the left hand side of the screen. Obviously looking at those flames. And as you said, katie, worried about their homes. We looked at we were taking a look from the chopper 5 just a few minutes ago and you could city that that home that we were talking about where the wall had actually collapsed, that home is actually what it looked like from chopper 5, yeah, you can see that part of it is on fire now. So of course, that is the fear and what firefighters are hoping will not happen is spread to the other homes and businesses in the area but unfortunately, you can see on the roof of that home, already, the fire has spread to that. Katie, are you still there . I just want to ask you a question. I know its very early on and i know youre behind police lines. But you know, with that crane spinning out of control like that, are there any plans to move that police line to get people further away . Not only that we have seen some ladder trucks in the area still spraying water. It seems really dangerous for those crews out there, not knowing whats going to happen with that crane. Reporter yeah. Sorry, were getting some ash raining down on us right now. So right now, were not hearing of any plans to move people at this point. I think firefighters main concern right now is trying to protect some of these local homes, businesses that are right next to the building because the building itself is going to be a loss. And right now, they are keeping an eye on that crane. I think at this point, no one really knows what to expect with that but i think thats something that everyone has to keep an eye on just because as we said, it is spinning out of control and that crane itself, the base of the crane is almost in the middle of this fire. The building was under construction, it was going to be a large mixed use retail and residential space. And so the crane is starting to spin around right here. You can actually see it kind of being pushed by some of the winds that are being created inside of this fire. It creates almost like its own atmosphere with this type of situation. From where were standing, were now about a block and a half away from the fire. We can still feel the heat and the intensity of the flames and as ive mentioned a couple of times, a latter truck is moving into position to start spraying this right hand edge of the fire. It does appear that there are a couple of homes and maybe two story buildings next to this. It appears on the back side of this building from where were standing, closer to the waverly side, we are seeing on the righthand side of the building we are seeing the most active collapses right now in terms of some of the interior and exterior walls. One of the walls fell outward and that caught a nearby home on fire. So we did see one other building in addition to the original fire building that has caught fire. But its going to come clearer later as far as the buildings in the area, the flames are just massive. Their goal is to contain this fire to that site. Its a building that was under construction. So nobody lived there. There werent any businesses there. The goal right now is to keep that fire contained. But almost impossible under the conditions that were seeing and then that crane that we have been keeping an eye on spinning around in its own atmospheric conditions that have been created by this massive fire. We have not had any confirmation on which streets are closed but you can imagine that many of those surface streets will be shut down. We have slowdowns on the surface streets. 580, 980, 880, highway 24, those are all still moving at the limit. Were keeping a close eye on those. But i do know that theres a middle school in that area, theres also a bart station. The 19th street bart station. So many people walking to work, they are walking to the bart station, are going to see smoke in the air, also if you are driving along one of the freeways there or any of those surface streets, youre going to see that big plume of smoke so please be advised, fire crews are on the scene. They are handling it but thats whats going on. Expect surface street delays. You can see across the bay we were watching live pictures from our roof cam here in San Francisco. You can see there, the huge plume of smoke and you can see the flames burning right now in oakland. So this is going to be at the least a visual hazard for commuters this morning. Well like you have people slowing down to look at whats going on, on the far side and obviously on the near side road closures. We are seeing another large part of the wall collapse from our ground shots there on the lefthand side. Whats scary about this and what were looking at not only that crane spinning what seems to be out of control in the middle of the fire because who knows whats going to happen with that when it collapses, but this is very close to power lines in that area. And you have transformers in that area that of course when the fire hits it, could explode, as well. So there are a lot of dangers in that area right now because of the fire. Now, were looking at the top of the crane from chopper 5. And you can see the flames have spread to that top right there. So we are going to keep an eye on this crane to see what happens with it, its a dangerous situation with it spinning, now its on fire, it is in danger of collapse. You know, you were talking about seeing this fire and the smoke from it, from many parts of the bay area. We were looking at the sutro tower where you can see the flames from the sutro tower camera and then from the roof of the kpix 5 studios you can see the black smoke across the bay. The wind is calm so hopefully that helps the firefighters in some way. It would be a different situation if it was breezy or windy. As katie said, right now the firefighters are just trying to contain this fire and keep it from spreading to other buildings. From what weve seen now were seeing ladder trucks and we see the hose on the spraying that water to the roof of that home right there that weve already seen, you can see hot spots right there on the roof of that home thats adjacent to the building on fire. Some flames are out on top of a nearby home but, of course, its very, very close to that building. And you have more information on what that building is. Its a residential it was supposed to be a residential and business complex. It was constructed starting last year on valdez street about to take up three city blocks from 24th to 27th. We are keeping an eye on the house next door that caught fire because that caught fire because of one of the exterior walls of the building under construction. The main concern is the occupied buildings. It was a construction site. It was going to be retail and apartments in oakland. But thats obviously not going to be happening anytime soon. The areas around it are the main concern. We have heard that at least 100 people are evacuated because the neighborhood does have several homes. The number of those evacuations right now is unclear. We have Katie Nielsen on the ground for us right now. You have been dealing with the heat from the fire and ash rained on you. Reporter we have. So it has been actually raining ash on us all morning and as you said before we can feel the intensity of the heat. I can feel it on my back right now. Just a few minutes ago we were talking about the right side of the building and if we take a look back, you can see the right side, the only thing left now is the scaffolding. The entire exterior section of the building has collapsed in on itself on that right side. And theres actually a firefighter now who is on top of this ladder truck aiming the hose at what appears to be homes on the close side of this building to us trying to just protect the structures that are around this fire. And as we have been talking about, this is kind of a mixed use area. This building was going to be retail and residential. And some of the homes around here right off of auto row in oakland were much the same. The firefighters are doing their best to keep the fire from spreading. Right now evacuations for most people who live anywhere around the fire. People will standing out here in their slippers standing out here in their pajamas, their bathrobes, grabbing whatever they could grab as they were evacuated. Someone was carrying a pet down the block. What else are they going do . If you look here on the ground, you can see all of the ash thats falling off of this fire. Thankfully, the winds really arent that strong here. But because of the size of the fire, its just creating a lot of debris thats falling in the area. So again, the main goal right now for firefighters is try to just protect the homes and businesses that are next to this complex. And, of course, well stay with this all morning and bring you the latest as it happens. Live in oakland, Katie Nielsen, kpix 5. Katie, as you youve been talking we have seen more of the exterior walls of that construction site, some of them falling inward, some outward. So thats the danger when you see how close some of those other buildings, some highrise buildings there near oaklands lake merritt. Katie was talking, we were trying to figure out from this live look from chopper 5 where exactly those walls are from her position. She said that, you know, from her position at the righthand side of the structure, where there was just scaffolding left and were trying to figure out where this is. But we were also trying to figure out, it looks from this view that other buildings are on fire. But its hard to tell at this point because of the residential and business complex that was under construction. Its such a massive structure. So its hard to tell what is that and then what are maybe other buildings in that area. We do know that at least one home, though, from what weve seen from chopper 5 at least one home has caught fire. Its right next to that structure. And you can see the ladder trucks out there, the firefighters out there with their hoses trying to hose those flames down to try to save those buildings nearby. This is an historic area of oakland. It is just north of lake merritt. It is about five blocks from the Paramount Theater and fox theatre about two blocks beyond that. But there arent a lot of homes in the area right now. Part of that area is under construction. And theres auto row thats also nearby. But all of those when it comes to the businesses and the traffic in the area certainly going to be affected all morning long. We have been talking about the power lines in the area. Very close to the flames there. Of course the transformers, too. Crews are keeping that in mind as they are fighting these flames. And just to put this in perspective, we have seen several large fires in the east bay in oakland and in emeryville. One building was burned by arson. We dont know the cause of the fire in this building. Its something we have heard a lot about in the east bay and certainly well continue to talk about after the fact, but clearly, the focus right now is on making sure that this large fire does not spread to some of the buildings nearby. All right. We have jackie ward who is on the phone with us. She is at the scene, as well. Jackie, what do you see . Reporter hi, ladies. Were actually at what will be the media staging area at 200 kaiser plaza so were on the opposite corner of where you have seen our live crew earlier this morning. It is a massive fire still as you can tell from all the aerials that chopper 5 has been giving us. We were driving from San Francisco and as we were coming over the bay bridge, you could see just these massive plumes of smoke intense incredibly big flames. Then we we got into oakland, we were at a light at broadway and 27th, i rolled down my window and we were still blocks away from where the fire is. The heat was intense from blocks away, and ash is all over the place, probably within a scare mile of the scene. Theres just all sorts of ash probably within a square meal of the scene. Theres just all sorts of ash and debris flying from the structure landing on cars, sidewalks and people and causing of course quite a spectacle. Everyone is awake and taking pictures and videos of whats happening. Its a pretty crazy scene out here. Yeah. It certainly is. We have been watching it from several live cameras. Right now, this is a live look from chopper 5 above the scene near lake merritt. But you can see the smoke. You can see the flames from as far away as San Francisco. Commuters can see it from the roads leading into oakland. Our reporter Katie Nielsen is standing right there right now. Massive amounts of smoke and the flames, one point shooting above the roof line there. But they appear to have sat down from the right side of this building. But still clearly there is a danger of the fire spreading and a lot of the concern is the exterior walls of the building under construction. About 20 minutes ago a nearby home was caught on fire. It appeared to be a home. Yes. Katie is actually she has more information on that house on waverly street that caught fire. Katie. Reporter yeah. Thats right. So were standing at 24th and harrison and from my Vantage Point now i can see flames starting to go through the top of the roof of the home. There is a tanker truck dropping additional hose right now heading toward hopefully that home to fight the fire. A ladder truck is spraying water on the roof of the home. I was starting to see flames through the roof of the home and firefighters it appears are on the way to start fighting the fire from inside the home. Evacuations have been in place. When we got here around 5 15 this morning, people were already coming out of their homes so hopefully theres no one in the home. But because of the suddenness of the evacuations, people didnt have time to grab any of their belongings. We have been seeing people all morning walking down the sidewalks in slippers, bathrobes, pajamas, carrying pets, walking dogs down the sidewalks, trying to move cars to give firefighters more access to the homes and businesses in the area. Aappears they are trying their best to it appears they are trying their best to contain this and keep it from spreading to nearby homes but unfortunately, we can confirm that one home near the corner of 24th and waverly, the house is on waverly street, is on fire. The back of the home is backing up to this building on fire under construction. It was a retail and residential complex. Well continue to bring you the latest as this develops. We want to recap where things stand right now. Youre taking a look at live pictures out of oakland. This is just north of lake merritt. A huge mixed use Development Project under construction is up in flames. The fire started shortly before 5 00 this morning. You can see many ladder trucks out there. Firefighters with their hoses trying to hose down the outside of the structure, nothing left in the middle of that, the flames have taken all of that. What they are trying to do now is protect the structures around this Residential Business complex here that is on fire. We know at least one house right next to that structure has caught fire. It is on waverly street. We have seen shots of it from chopper 5. The roof had flames coming out of it and when we looked just about a minute ago, we saw smoke but the firefighters were really trying to douse those flames on top of that house. We