Tough call but had no choice but to douse the fire with water and not let it burn out. Were not comfortable with that option due to the other businesses and the potential that, you know, the smoke could become increasingly hazardous at that point. This was the best choice. We were well aware that we could potentially have a contaminated pool afterwards. Reporter zanker road is now open in all directions. Kiet do, kpix 5. More than 120 courthouses around california are at risk of partial collapse in an earthquake. Thats according to state documents. And more than a dozen are here in the bay area. Kpix 5s lisa chan is at one of the buildings listed at high risk at the hall of fame in San Francisco. Lisa. Reporter thats right. The hall of justice is on a list which the state calls a category 5 building which means it is likely to collapse during an earthquake. And risk to life is substantial. One of the leading experts on earthquakes says this means the building does not have the Structur
Highway and zanker road right at 101 and that has sustained most of the damage. We can see and smell why they were keeping us so far away. Because the fire is still off gassing so the air is still thick with acrid fumes that will burn your throat. There is a small lake of toxic chemicals of runoff from the fire hoses. This all started at 12 30 this morning at a large commercial building with multiple industrial businesses inside. The section of the building that caught fire had 55gallon drums filled with chemicals. The firefighters got there giant flames through the roof, went to four alarms. They sprayed four streams of water on it for more than an hour and that knocked down the flames but created green foamy runoff that pooled into a small lake. They dont know whats inside it. But a field test shows it is very acidic. Firefighters are blocking storm drains to keep it from going into the creeks and bay. San jose fire says it was a tough call but had no choice but to douse the fire wit
And says the team wont put up a fight. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Robert kraft is accepting the punishment handed down by the nfl commissioner. Kpix 5s lisa chan with what some are calling a surprise decision by mr. Kraft. Reporter 32 nfl team owners arrived in San Francisco at the ritzcarlton for their spring meeting. But all eyes are on patriots owner robert kraft. Its been an emotionally charged couple of weeks. Reporter thats because about one week ago, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell suspended patriots Quarterback Tom Brady for four games fined the team 1 million and took away two draft picks. This after allegations that two team staffers deflated footballs to make them easier to grip in januarys afc championship game. There was no hard evidence and everything was circumstantial. And at the same time, when the discipline came out, i felt it was way over the top as it was unreasonable and unprecedented in my opinion. Reporter the scandal is
Francisco with the latest developments youll see on abc7 news. And we do have new developments. Police officers have just arrived here at this duplex talking to tenants after they were called because theyre completely locked out of their home here, didnt know where to turn. They said they have nowhere to turn tonight. Theyd been locked out of their home before they can collect their belongings. Now, we arrived a short time ago and found residents set to see a padlock on a door on monday City Building inspectors declared the building a safety hazard, and raw sewage apparently leaking through the ceiling and those ceilings were in danger of collapsing. Officials said the current owner refused to make repairs necessary. Checks were issued to residents today for relocation costs but were told by the tenants attorney the checks were not good. The tenants all relocated based on having money to pay for hotels and we found out the landlord stopped payment on them. Theyre invalid. Why would he
The midwest. One person dead and substantial damage. This image tweeted tonight by the Rockford Illinois Fire Department showing 1 building utterly destroyed. Abc News Reporter has the story. Hail. Wind. And tornadoes. Tearing through the central state more Severe Weather than your average april showers. Including this huge one m northern illinois. Oh, my gosh. Tonight the big concern is the swath of tornado watch illinois to texas. In missouri the National Weather service is on the ground today investigating tornado reports stawsdz. Not small tree. Take a look at the hail hitting the midwest. Massive hail storm right now. In cap says this windshield shattered by the froszen balance of ice and the drivers con fawsd. In the midst of the Severe Weather a silver lining. Or rather a multicolored one as a rainbow appeared in this tornado. In addition to this extreme weather rain and flash floods are affecting much of the country. This weather front is expected to head east over the next 48