Schneider, said the flames possibly sparked by electrical issues quickly spread to the second floor. Partygoers upstairs were trapped and unable to get down these two wooden staircases. The occupants of the building were consumed by smoke before they were able to get out of the building. Reporter meanwhile, mac says she paid nearly 600 a month in rent. She also says lease holder, derek almena reused to make the building safer and profited off those living inside. A victim of the housing crisis, he is a predator of the housing crisis. Reporter and back here live, you can still see fire investigators here onscene. We have also been told the warehouse did not have fire alarms or a Sprinkler System inside of the now burned out building. Atf has also said, they ruled out arson, saying this was not an intentionally started fire. Were also learning they could be here for several more days. Reporting live in oakland tonight, im elyce kirchner, nbc bay area news. Oakland mayor, libby schaaf, he
Ill be back with my full forecast in about 15 minutes. You can download our nbc bay area map and get updated forecasts and use the same Doppler Radar that jeff and his team uses. Tonight, there are many new developmen developments surrounding the warehouse fire. 36 people lost their lives there. Authorities confirming that the oakland fire is the deadliest fire in the United States in 13 years. Our Team Coverage begins with nbc bay areas elise kushner. Authorities are clearing up rumors about the source of the fire . Reporter thats right. Fire investigators say it started on the first floor. It quickly spread to the second trapping victims there and weve also found out in the last hour, agents from atf have set up a mobile command unit. You can see it here live. They are in there with a team of fire investigators, electrical engineers and fire engineer researchers all helping to determine the exact cause of the deadly blaze. Exposed wires, boarded up windows and a wooden staircase bare
Rainfall throughout the course of the morning. Good morning. Im sam brock. Im kris sanchez. The roads and the highways are wet. The commute has been rough. Though weve got a little break. Well look at San Francisco right now. You can see the clouds and the haze and the droplets of water on the camera as well. We deployed our storm ranger Doppler Radar to San Bruno Mountain to give us a groundlevel look at the weather systems in the bay area. We have Team Coverage of the microclimate weather alert. Nbc bay areas rick boon is in the elements. Mike inouye watching the traffic partners. Patterns. We begin with kari hall. We are once again taking a little bit of a break. Were going to look at the storm ranger radar as we get a view of, once again, the San Bruno Mountain. We are tracking some of the rain. It gives us an hd view of what should be on the radar and that rain coming down out of the clouds. And most of that rain has moved east of San Francisco and into the inner bay. And the bigg
Presence and persistence and devotion to this very worthy and necessary and urgent, and i would say even medicinal, organization. At the beginning of this year, in january, United States lost one of its most innovative and exciting writers, baracka. Twice winner of the american book award, who is a strong supporter of the before Columbus Foundation. In fact, his last appearance here in San Francisco was at a fundraiser at yossis, not far from here to raise money for the before Columbus Foundation. So, in our embrace, of the arc and an panorama of american art and history i want to dedicate my portion of the program to the memory of a poet and writer, ameri baraka. We have quite a harvest this afternoon. And were honored by the presence of many of the most fertile writers. Who offer illumination and insight, and as i mentioned, a few moments ago, some very strong medicine, and some very ill times. So, before we get into that, id like to start with a gentleman, good friend, who cant be w
That brake breaking news out of the peninsula where a scrap metal fire has people sheltering in place. The one alarm fire started at sims Metal Recycling plant on seaport boulevard next to the bay in redwood city about 1 20 this afternoon. Its produce being heavy smoke and it could pose a health hazard. Residents are warned to stay inside and close all their windows. The breaking news out of peninsula is where that scrap metal fire has been going on. Well keep an eye on that throughout the evening. Good evening, everyone. Im heather holmes. Im ken wayne. It is video now that you will see only on 2, a homeless man badly beaten on the streets of San Francisco and despite officers responding to this scene, police tell us they have no record of it happening. We first showed you that video of the attack on friday and now were hearing from one man who says he recognizes the person seen repeated by stomping on the victims head. Alex savage is live now in San Francisco where that Man Says Poli