Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Scared, anxious, angry. I think it was a lot of things. Witnesses describe the moments after an explosion rattled a Health Care Facility in san jose, injuring two people. It appears to have started with a cigarette. Good evening, im Katie Marzullo in for eric thomas. Detectives are looking into whether a lit cigarette ignited an oxygen tank around 4 00 this afternoon. Lonnie rivera is live outside the facility. Lonnie . Yes, katie, the back area of this building was damaged because of the smoke and also because of dry chemicls inside. And tonight, two people were injured. One of them critically injured, in the hospital with severe burns. Suddenly we heard, i think it was glass shattering. And then the fire alarm, or the alarm started beeping. Reporter san jose fire, police, and paramedics responded to the call at the Canyon Springs post acute care facility. Jasmine wong was inside with a Singing Group entertaining patients. It was pretty chaotic,
Several hours will feature more clouds and then filtered sun for the eastbound and south bay. In the next several hours, clouds dominate and then a mix of sunshine and overall temperatures will be cooler. We are still looking at a wet week ahead but most of the activity comes at the end of the workweek, and i will time it out for you when we return in a few minutes. Carolyn . Thank you. A dozen rooms in a San Jose Health care facility are closed this morning after an explosion rattled the building leaving two people injured. Detectives are look into whether a lit cigarette ignited a oxygen tank at the center. Lonny rivera has the story. Suddenly we heard, i think it was glass shattering, and the fire alarm where the arm started to beep. Reporter fire, police and paramedics responded to a call about an explosion and fire at the facility. Jasmine wong was inside entertaining the patients. We were told everybody needed to get out so we helped to evacuate patients. Reporter somebody believ
Second half of your weekend. This morning clouds and fog. 50s for everyone. By noontime we will see gray skies with 50s and 60s, and partly to mostly cloudy skies today but notice the absence of any consistent rainfall. As we look at the next seven days, yes, we are getting interest a 1 on our storm imp t imscale, monday and tuesday wet, and we will track it for you in a few minutes. A dozen rooms in a San Jose Health care facilities are closed after an explosion rattled the building leaving two people injured. Detectives are look into whether a lit cigarette ignited an oxygen tank at the kansas springs po springs post acute center. We heard, i think it was glass, shattering, and then the fire alarm where the alarm started beeping. There was a fire at Canyon Springs post acute facility, and jasmine wong was inside entertaining the residents. Police believe somebody was spoking a cigarette in a room with a oxygen tank nearby, andnr it caused an explosion and fire. Delores harris rushed
Good morning, everyone, im carolyn tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, march 19th. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist, lisa argen. Hi there, carolyn. Lots of clouds behind you and from live doppler 7 we can see a few returns in the north bay. Weve seen a few areas of drizzle and light shower activity from points west around ft. Ross, highway 1 and if we go further to the north, you can see still it is a little bit wet up towards hopland and lakeport. Most of the activity is offshore and wont be reaching the ground. We will see a cloudy day today, but look at all the cloud cover offshore. This will be visiting us throughout the day and bring a slightly cooler afternoon. Right now its mild in oakland, 58. Its 49 in gilroy. From our sutro camera we have low clouds as well. 58 napa, 54 in livermore and a few peeks of sun in emeryville. With 50s and 60s by noon time, well have gray skies and the bulk of the wet weather holds off until the beginning o
In fact, the city had recently censured wysocki for abusive behavior toward employees. Mr. Wysocki frequently crosses the line with his interactions with members of our staff. I think it was purely political act. Reporter he says he doesnt have anger issues but some voters say he should lead by example. As the leader you would think hold on, lets go about this professionally. Reporter in santa rosa, im da lin, kpix 5. Now, the mayor says no action will be taken against the councilman but that contracted bus driver is in trouble. The city says as a professional driver, he should have de escalated the confrontation. Santa clara voters about to get a sample ballot in the mail that wont be much help for the november election. Entire races and candidates are missing. Len ramirez joins us live from san jose with a look at this major ballot blunder. Len, how could this happen . reporter well, you never know when people are programming stuff in, things could get left out. And that appears to b