woman lives 2 houses down from the apartment complex. and medley she ran over and started knocking door to door. get out get out get out then one couple come out with their little baby born 3 weeks, born and they lack very scared and i was very scared too. reporter: dozens of firefighters from neighboring city came to help mountain view firefighters. they don t know where the fire started but they say 10 units have been affecte affected. some are destroyedth others have smoke and water daniel. once a fire gets into an attic that is calm and wind blowing it it will push it lick a build fire. that s exactly had a happened here. reporter: about 2 dozen people are now without a home. including deb gowan the only clothes on her back.were the i didn t get my cell phone or my purse or anything. i just took off. i was kind of panicking myself i guess. reporter: city and red cross volunteers are doing what they can to help. they set up at land elementary school where displace
initially based on the information we had. the district attorney s office, we worked with them in determining that further investigative things were needed to be done. we we did them. one warrant was served in fremont, california, with the help of the fremont police department. one warrant was served in oakland. five warrants were served here in san francisco. there was still one suspect outstanding. reporter: now four face multiple charges, arraignments are scheduled tomorrow. homicide investigators say when they notified the husband of the slain woman, he was very emotional when they talked to him this morning. reporting live, san francisco, david stevenson, channel 2 action news. and more on the breaking news, a fire that is burning in the south of market area in san francisco. we have news chopper 2 on the scene now. you can see this building is really involved now. this fire, it has gone to a third alarm. this is burning at rush and folsom, in between 6th and 7
anthony. reporter: the owner of the flower bowl in walnut creek jr koontz says the high price of gas is seriously cutting into his property profit. pl right now he charges 10 dollars for local delivery. price he s hoping to maintain through the busy mother s day weekend. i think 5 dollar gas or 4.50 will be the breaking point. reporter: cab drivers say they too are just trying to hold on. these drivers lease their cars from a company and pay for fuel out of their own pockets. we are all responsible for our own tank. our own gas. all of us. so it comes out of the profit. it is really eating into our tips and then the double end of it is that the economy is so bad that we are not even receiving tips. reporter: james smith spend hundreds of dollars per week on gas driving his truck for counter top installation coy. estimating driving around for template and gas prices are just killing me. where do you naught in. can t really markup your product for gas. reporter: and
what have you been able to find out so far? reporter: what we know is this fire has gone to three alarms. they also called a red alert which is what they do when they have people unaccounted for and a chance of casualties. let me walk you in here we don t want to block the fire engines. this is a residential hotel. it is six stories high. take a look. you can see the ladder going up to the roof. the fire has spread now to the attic. that is presenting a real challenge for san francisco firefighters. because as they fight this with water from the inside they are very aware that the ceiling or the roof could collapse down on them. now, this is a san franciscoan towers hotel, 150 units. it has a fair number of disabled and wheelchair-bound residents who needed to be rescued. other residents did make their way down the fire escapes on their own. the fire started in a trash exact tore on the first compactor and it went into a light well and a chute and able to travel to multiple
have people unaccounted for and a chance of casualties. let me walk you in here we don t want to block the fire engines. this is a residential hotel. it is six stories high. take a look. you can see the ladder going up to the roof. the fire has spread now to the attic. that is presenting a real challenge for san francisco firefighters. because as they fight this with water from the inside they are very aware that the ceiling or the roof could collapse down on them. now, this is a san franciscoan towers hotel, 150 units. it has a fair number of disabled and wheelchair-bound residents who needed to be rescued. other residents did make their way down the fire escapes on their own. the fire started in a trash exact tore on the first compactor and it went into a light well and a chute and able to travel to multiple floors. residents described their first clue was choking northeast corner. i was on the i was in my room. all of a sudden i smelled smoke. so i went out of my room