This morning, we have new aerial video to show you of this firefight. This is burning in a remote part of the merit island preserve on the southwestern tip of the preserve. It is not threatening any buildings or homes on merit island. It is an air are i cant that is step with heavy brush and veg taig, its been difficult to access some of the fire. It has burned 7 acres since 3 00 this morning. The fire is a percent contained according to firefighters so its not spreading out of control, just accessing it has been difficult. They do have hydrant service on merit island, the challenge for firefighters have running fire hoses to get access to the flames, firefighters tell us this fire was started by someone who intentionally cut power poles causing lines to come down and spark the fire. Can you clearly see someone tried to saw into the sides of the power pole there and caused the line to droop, the fire investigator believes someone who did this may have been trying to steal copper wiring
Now at 4 30, looking live from the exclusive Sales Force Tower camera looking east at the beautiful sparkling bay bridge on this monday morning. And its a holiday. Its labor day. Morning. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. 4 31. And we are working and warming up again. A warm start. Thats right. Were laboring on labor day. Thauk for starting the day off with us. And clear skies across the bay area. Check out the temperatures right now. Big temperature spread. Concord, youre at 70 degrees. Mid 60s oakland, livermore, San Francisco, and san jose. Upper 50s in santa rosa. So as we take you through the day, temperatures cooler compared to yesterday and above average for this time of year. Plenty of sunshine. 93 in concord after highs yesterday topped out in the upper 90s. Low 90s livermore, fairfield. Upper 70s oakland. Low 70s San Francisco. And along the coast, the sunshine and upper 60s. A cool down over the next several days. Details coming up. And taking a look at the speeds right now
Temperatures. Plenty of sun through the day. Temperatures not as hot compared to yesterday. But still above average for this time of year. 93 for a high in concord. 91 liver moore. 92 in fairfield. Son jose, mid 80s. Low 70s in san fraisco. And upper 60s pacifica. And medium high levels for the allergies. And the latest on Hurricane Dorian coming up in a bit. And taking a look at our roads on this holiday. Not looking too bad. Mostly in the green there. We do have a few hot spots, though. This wun in the east bay westbound 4. This is an injury accident westbound 4. The right lane is blocked in the area and not slowing down the speeds. And we have the b. A. R. T. Track work eastbound 24 near lafayette station. The two left lanes are closed and thats causing delays over the weekend. B. A. R. T. Stations closed at these locations. But Free Bus Service is being offered. Mass transit checklist, ace trains no service. B. A. R. T. , muni and cal train on a said schedule. And 5 02. And turning
Offshore on Santa Cruz Island. Five crewmembers jumped off the boat and were rescued but all 33 passengers went missing and so far only four bodies have been recovered. We have the latest on the search for those still missing on what might have caused these deadly fires. The fire ravaged through a boat carrying recreational scuba divers anchored off an island leaving at least 4 people dead and more missing after the gutted vessel sank. Reporter a labor day Diving Adventure turns tragic, a but with more than three dozen people on board caught fire near the shoreline of Santa Cruz Island in california. They overheard a made a call of an engulfed 75 foot commercial diving vessel with 39 people on board. Reporter the call for help coming from somebody on board as it was apparently filling with smoke. You have 49 persons on board and cant breathe what is your current position . Reporter pictures show bright orange flames and heavy smoke billowing from the burning boat named concepcisn. Fami
So many moving parts and so many involved. Describe the scene for my you know. What they are typically doing at this point is locking down the facility in terms of them all. They are trying to cover the entrances and exits. They are partnering with the fire department, paramedics or there may be paramedics with the s. W. A. T. Team. They will use dogs to go through the mall and search for secondary or bombing devices. They will also try to screen the people leaving the mall to make sure there is no accomplice with the individual. They will be very careful they are also trying to build a criminal case as they go through this process. Everything is evidence not only do they protect the citizens but they have to make sure they preserve evidence. Weve heard its possible that two people were shot in the Food Court Area of the tanforan mall. Say for the sake of argument that that is in fact true and if those two victims are still inside that food court, how and when do authorities get to the