Cloudy and we are clear inland east bay and in the south bay as we look at 101 and 880. Temperatures are comfortable this morning, mid50s to mid 60 and the coast is going to stay in the mid60s at noon and inland warms up quickly into the my 80s and the summer spread by 4 00, 66 at the coast to air conditioning 92 or warmer inland and comfortable but inland is in the 80s and most of us in the 60s and 70s this evening. You can bet your Bottom Dollar there will be traffic. Indeed. A picture from emeryville camera to the bay bridge before we get to the tolls we have nabbing lights and this is a dark picture but we have a three car crash and one of the vehicles is possible overturned. I saw flashlights and i can probably see the underside of a car. We are not sure if there are injuries involved but we will keep an eye on this, we could have lanes blocked in a bit but on the richmondsan rafael by contrast, it is clear with only a couple of vehicles on the bridge and five minutes will get you
Live at the bridge with more on the cause. Reporter thats right, janelle. Caltrans now believes they know what started those two backtoback fires on the bridge. They say the fires were likely a report result of flares left behind by caltrans maintenance workers. Now, caltrans engineers spent the day investigating those mysterious fires after a blaze broke out this afternoon. That fire occurred on the very same spot on the bridge where flames erupt edmond night. A driver captured that fire and posted a photo on twitter. After reviewing bridge Surveillance Video today and finding flare remnants at the fire scene, caltrans now feels pretty confident they know the cause. Flares were left near the eastbound number one lane and it is thought at this point in time that they are the likely cause of the fire on monday night and today. Reporter now, caltrans believes that wind may have blown those flares into the graded joint where they eventually ignited and caught fire. Now, this investigation
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Fortunately my car is up to date, but anybody driving a car is looking for trouble. Sky 7hd shows the aftermath of a second fire on the eastern span of the bay bridge. Cal trans has narrowed down a possible cause. At this point in time it appears to be flares that were left on the side of the lane. Flares left behind by maintenance crews, but why and when has yet to be determined. There is video that is being reviewed to make those determinations. The first fire on monday night burned six feet of the expansion joint just east of the tunnel. Todays fire burned another three feet of the same rubber like material. It is not performing the task. How can we improve that . He is a forensic engineer. He says these fires do not undermine the bridges integrity, but they are still a concern. Not an immediate structural problem. If the fire is extensive it can damage locally of course the expansion joint. Not all drivers are hitting the breaks. I trust the bridge. I know there is a lot of talk ab
Its the rubber that caught fire. And it was that same stretch of rubber covering the seismic joints that caught fire monday night around 6 00. What caused the fires . They are not sure. They are still investigating. All lanes are back open and flowing about as good as it gets in the evening rush hour. At this point, caltrans says they may have to block a lane or two to finish the investigation. And at 6 00, well talk more about, you know, what exactly they believe caused this fire and how they are investigating it. Reporting live, im joe vazquez, kpix 5. Developing news in livermore where state highway 84 remains closed in both directions at this hour after an earlymorning wreck. This is a stretch of roadway between vineyard and vallecitos. Its about 4 45 a. M. When a big rig crashed into three cars. One person was killed. Two others were taken to the hospital. The highway is expected to re open in about an hour. Well, we are getting our closest look yet at the dwarf planet pluto. Nasa