A developing story. We have a crew heading to the scene. Darya another developing story that we are following is bart. There are delays because of a fire that happened at the horrendous stationhorrendous station orinda. A second live look with kron4s mike pelton. Whats going on right now mike. well the good news is both tracks are opened here at during the bart Station Creek earlier they said there were recovering from 15 to 20 minute delays the state should not be a big issue for commuters this morning. One of the bart trains caught fire last evening and that trend was the cure overnight. Officials are not yet sure where the fire started but in addition to the fire we bart spokesperson tells me the motor reactor underneath the fixed car fifth car of the train detached and was sitting on the track. To see a picture. This is a 3 ft. By 3 ft. Metal box way more than 1,000 lbs. And it was big enough to obstruct the train. Accrues used blowtorches to share down the size of the box. The tra
The orinda station remains on the tracks this monring. Bart inspectors will continue today to inspect the damage and figure what caused yesterday afternoons incident the Fire Department arrived within minutes of the call and quickly put out the fire. Fire Officials Say the fire was located underneath one of the middle cars. And, the smoke from that fire billowed into the passenger compartments as it pulled into the station. Passengers say the Fire Department did a great job keeping everyone calm and evacuating them safely. Take a look at this cell phone video that was shot by a passenger who was evacuated from the smoking train at the orinda station. The call came out just after five and firefighters were quick on the scene to put the fire out and to assist the passengers with their escape. Fire Officials Say the fire was located undernieth one of the middle cars. And, the smoke from that fire billowed into the passenger compartments as the train pulled into the station. Aileen coutte
Everyone involved and redoubled our efforts and brought new meaning to get to a resolution. Reporter what remains unclear is when or where the two sides will meet. I said they usually meet here but the venue may be changed according to the union, they are waiting on instruction from the mediator and the indication is when they meet they will do so when a deal is close at hand. Ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. Commuters brave crowded buses, ferries and freeways today. Tracking the hot spots tonight for your commuter. Sal castaneda is in the traffic center. Reporter good afternoon. We are still looking at a lot of slow traffic trying to get out of San Francisco. But all over the east bay. The afternoon rush started earlier this afternoon at 3 00 p. M. Or so. I want to show you pictures we have. North bound 101 heavy, backed up from 280 and a couple tweets about San Francisco surface streets are very slow. First street to the bay area for example. Lets take a look at what we have with