It quickly went up the side of yes, sir bough buena Yerba Buena Island. There was lots of communication equipment at the top of the hill. Fire commanders dispatched a boat that attacked from the bay level and despite some of the traffic snarl the fire trucks were able to get over the bay bridge from San Francisco to back up some of the crews that were already here. Right now the fire is largely under control. There is no reason for anyone to get concerned about the residential area. We had nibble reports from telephones. There could have been fireworks involved, but we had two spot fires that were going on the side of the island. The chief says the first reports again did come from San Francisco. The good news is that there are nor injuries and there is even more good news even though the flames were traveling toward federal property and they never got quite close enough to threaten any buildings because the fire crews were able to cut them off and then contain them and chase them back
Carlson boulevard, on ramp here, interstate 80. So, they are waiting for the tow truck to get here. They have made the phone call. That tank is still leaking. Firefighters say its a small leak but they have evacuated the section of the hotel sitting here, the rooms that face the tank here in americas best value inn. They tell me theres about ten people. One officer told me we are talking about 500 gallons worth of propane inside that tank. We have a very small leak. When i say small, talking about something the size of your home barbecue propane tank at this point. We are mitigating this and will have details soon. It happened at carlson boulevard, ramps in both directions are closed now. No word when they will get this cleared out of here. Wait willing for the tow truck to get here. They dont know why the truck lost part of its load but the driver is okay. See how this is affecting traffic at all, here is leyla gulen. Operations to upgrade that truck for sure. Good news you can not af
Firebreaks out on yerba buena eye land island giving firefighters a challenge and making a mess for drivers. The fire started before 8 00 tonight near the bay bridge. Sergio is live with the latest. Sergio . Right now the good news is that the fire teams have a pretty good handle on the flames. As you mentioned it did create quite the traffic snarl and it continues to be the biggest problem. You can see the lower level of the bay bridge, traffic is pretty slow moving, but the fire teams got a handle on the flames here in the last hour. Now this was a fire that you first reported at 8 00 this evening. It quickly went up the side of yes, sir bough buena Yerba Buena Island. There was lots of communication equipment at the top of the hill. Fire commanders dispatched a boat that attacked from the bay level and despite some of the traffic snarl the fire trucks were able to get over the bay bridge from San Francisco to back up some of the crews that were already here. Right now the fire is la
Who answered the phone told me they have evacuated about ten people who were in the rooms facing the freeway right there next to where the tanker is. Firefighters tell us they are testing the air and the leak and the air around that with some air monitors. They are describing the leak as a small one. Like i mentioned there is a small leak, not enough for us to notice. We know the propane is odorized. Had there been a larger leak, we would have an order as well as other signs we were able to be able to see with our monitors. We have up in of those. This is just a precaution. Reporter the truck was carrying two tank a total of 9,000 gal lops of propane. They are not sure how much was in the tank that flipped over and is leaking. So only one of the two actually landed on its side and has that small leak happening right now. They have closed the carlton boulevard exit ramps in both direction, mainly so they can have their emergency crews staging here in this area and have some room and not
Canceled at other National Park sites, china beach and the muir over look. A wedding planned at the Maritime Museum had to be relocated with the help of the caterer. We had to come up with a plan. The founders say the bride was understandably upset. She was crying. She went to church. She went to play. She was trying to really for this not to be happening. They will go to a place for less space for the kitchen among other things. We had to redesign the food to make it work in the closet. Thats the size of our kitchen. The cliff house kitchen will go dark after tonight. The building is a National Park property and the restaurant is a concession aire. Tonight at the restaurant there was no question. This patron was among the last to enjoy the historic venue. I am disappointed with that. This is like a landmark. It is unclear how the cliff house would stay open this long. Heather ishimaru, abc7 news. The Government Shutdown is also affecting the bay areas blood supply. A blood drive was c