It was a very busy night for firefighters in contra costa county. In fact, firefighters had their hands full with brush fires burning between bay point and brentwood. This is where a grass fire came close to an apartment complex at lone tree way. It may have been sparked by a remnants of a professional Fireworks Show that ended moments earlier. Illegal fireworks have displaced four people in san jose. Officials say a neighbors fireworks landed in the backyard of a home just before 10 00 last night. It quickly started a twoalarm fire that spread to the fight. To the house. The back of the home suffered moderate damage. The flames were put out in about 25 minutes. Oakland firefighters responded to another illegal fireworks fire on skyline boulevard. It was just before 10 00 when a vegetation fire broke out about 200 feet off the road. Fire Officials Say bystanders confirmed the accidental blaze was started by fireworks. It grew to about a quarter acre but was very difficult to get to bec
Live from the kgo teach broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Good morning to you. Its sunday july 5th. Im chris nguyen in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with a quick first look at the forecast. Heres lisa argen tracking live doppler hd. If morning lisa. Good morning, chris. Im watching the fog meander this morning. We are looking at the temperatures on the mild side inland but we have moisture along the coast. Its all cue to the area of low pressure offshore that will be drifting offshore all week long. Heres santa cruz. Check it out. From watson to santa cruz, we are wet. But inland we are sunny and mild. 62 napa. Putting it all together today, temperatures coming down with numbers in the 80s in the inland valleys. Breezy around the bay, 60s and 70s. Once again the fog really right up to the shoreline. We will detail the week ahead, which features more cool weather coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you. In developing news, firefighters are battling a 320acre wildfire in vacaville that thre
Started showing. As the groups of hikers left the park, they told others including nearby neighbors and joggers that they did hear and in some cases see fireworks in the area at the time. Now, we did have the Oakland Fire Department about this. They say at this point, they have their investigators in the park now trying to determine a cause of origin. Oakland fire cannot confirm this is a fireworks related fire but hikers in the park say that is what happened. Let me give you a few numbers. Two alarms. They called in oakland fire and cal fire who brought in crews from as far away as marin county and a helicopter to knock the fire down. It is surrounded by homes in Joaquin Miller park. It has been contained at three acres. We spoke to a battalion chief and he says at this point, there is no danger. No damage to any homes. And as far as he knew, no injuries at all to any crews on the ground. We have some interviews with neighbors who actually talked to those hiker. We will pull that all
Oakland hills. And good evening, im juliette goodrich. And im brian hackney, it started just before 4 00 along castle drive near Joaquin Miller park. Not far from the chabot space and science center. We flew over the scene and crews are still mopping up hot spots at this hour. You can see how close the fire came to nearby homes. Mark is there life. It really looked like a close call mark. Reporter it was indeed brian. This fire had a lot of billowing smoke and we have just learned from oakland fire investigators that it is confirmed. This fire was caused by fireworks. Grass and trees were on fire with flames showing in the early afternoon at Joaquin Miller park. The first calls came in around 3 30 as many hikers were in the park enjoying the fourth of july holiday. As those hikers quickly left for safety, they passed resident Justin Graham who was out for a jog. And a bunch of hikers told me to turn back. They staid stop. We saw fireworks go off and we saw a fire starting and its getti
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A single firework nearly sparks a disaster in the Oakland Hills setting off a brush fire that stopped just short of a neighborhood but despite the danger, people still arent getting the message. Im brian hackney. And im juliette goodrich. Chopper 5 spotted illegal fireworks displays going off all over the east bay tonight. Anything that goes into the air is banned across the bay area. So every single display you see right now is breaking the law. Mark sayre is in oakland tonight where illegal fireworks created a real scare in the hills. Mark . Reporter the sounds of these illegal fireworks have been going on since well before the sun went down. We are talking three or four hours now. Now after the sun is down, these displays are continuing. Lets like at our Vantage Point here. All the fireworks are illegal. What you are seeing here should not be happening. Earlier today, an illegal piece of firework caused a fire that could be de