The cause. Reporting continues. Right now on twitter follow us at 7 news bay area we have more in this newscast of course and on 7 news at 11 00 over on channel 7. Good evening. Thanks for being here. We have developing news in oakland where fire investigators ask looking for the cause of 3 suspicious fires in the oakland hills. 2 of the fires started this afternoon about half mile apart near Diamond Canyon park off highway tlaechbility while crew were putting those 2 out, another smaller fire started just up the hill. Firefighters have them all out in less than an hour though it took some work running hoses 300 pet down to the canyon there are as you can see. The fire burned more than 5 acres in total. Investigators consider them suspicious because the wind was only blowing 5 miles an hour and while that was Strong Enough to blow some embers and start 2 other spot fires its unlikely the wind could have carried them half mile away. Half mile apart from each other odd in nature so we ha
Show you what it looked like from the bottom of the hill from pawnee high near Deer Valley High School and antioch. It started about 7 15 and raced up the hillside toward the homes. The firefighters knew they had to get to the top of the hill and meet the flames. They had to run into several backyards while breaking down a few fences to do it. The homeowners say they did it in the nick of time. Within seconds it was at our fence. By the time the fireman came they knocked down their fence. We started spraying their fence down too. They werent home and then on the other side they werent home. It was really scary. It started tornadoing up to me, up to my face. And it came under this tree and the back was hanging over. And then the branches, there was 25 feet in the air the flames. Not one home was burned in this fire, but one neighbor did suffer smoke inhalation while fighting it. Fortunately the winds were down and thats what prevented the fire from spreading even quicker. Right now the
Farm sink, under cabinet lighting, look at this spice rack. Wheres my room . Right there where its always been we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. Just slide right in because your kitchbig, ikea has it all. A fastmoving grass fire comes within inches of homes in the east bay sending smoke billowing into a neighborhood and one person to the hospital. Good evening. Im dan ashley. The flames spread fast. The fire started a little after 7 00 tonight. In an open space near pawnee drive in antioch. Alan wang is live in the neighborhood with the story. Alan sph. Dan, take a look at how close the fire got to this home. This is the fire line and there is the house right here. It doesnt get closer than that. These homes, about 40 homes, were in the path of those flames on top of this hill. Homeowners were up here squirting the fire with their garden hoses as melte it melted through the fence. Let me take you with some show you what it looked like from the bottom of the hill from pa
A fastmoving grass fire comes within inches of homes in the east bay sending smoke billowing into a neighborhood and one person to the hospital. Good evening. Im dan ashley. The flames spread fast. The fire started a little after 7 00 tonight. In an open space near pawnee drive in antioch. Alan wang is live in the neighborhood with the story. Alan sph. Dan, take a look at how close the fire got to this home. This is the fire line and there is the house right here. It doesnt get closer than that. These homes, about 40 homes, were in the path of those flames on top of this hill. Homeowners were up here squirting the fire with their garden hoses as it melted through the fence. Let me take you with some show you what it looked like from the bottom of the hill from pawnee high near Deer Valley High School and antioch. It started about 7 15 and raced up the hillside toward the homes. The firefighters knew they had to get to the top of the hill and meet the flames. They had to run into severa
Tonight millions of people are under an urgent red flag warning as wildfires rip across San Diego County. At least nine fires are burning right now. Some dangerously close to businesses, schools and. Ousands. Many of which have been evacuated. Governor brown has declared a state of emergency. 30 homes have been destroyed. Cal state san marcos has been evacuated right in the middle of finals. Bay area crews including one from santa clara are on their with firefighting. Efforts. We will have a live report from San Diego County in a few minutes. Stay tuned for that. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Our other top story, a 4yearold girl smashed over the head with a crowbar while shopping with her dad at a local walmart. It happened a in san jose at the walmart on story road where police say a woman just walked up and started swinging. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard is live in san jose with the story for us. Cornell . Carolyn, that little girl is recovering from the vicious, random att