reaction from the bart employee. who rushed- in to was on a violent rampage at bart. there it is, he is choking the gentleman right there, you see the old man just started getting choked, i had to pull him off of the old man reporter:bart employeeduane bullard is looking at cellphone video and deri he dienged under attack by a man wearing no clothes at the 16th street station in san francsico i am just trying my best to get him out of the clutches of this madman reporter:bullard a systems services agentwho you see here in this videotalks about the nude man assaulting an elderly passenger the man just went over there and put him in a choke hold and all i heard the old man saying was my heart, my heart, so that is a life threatening situationi was shuffling the gentleman to the booth reporter:he says after assaulting the elderly manthe nude assailant went after a female bart passenger when he went to punch her i knew i had to act at that pointi had to put my
(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. into the attic reporter: one home completely destroyed. another hit with major damage after a fire breaks out today. another fire wreaking havoc in the bay area.during this dry and early fire season. tonight those home owners in san ramon left to survey the damage and see what is salvagable. kron 4 s alecia reid is at the scene with the latest details. tonight a handful of bay area firefighters are down south. helping southern california fire crews battle the raging springs fire in ventura county. the fire tripled in size yesterday. the fire has burned 28- thousand acres. and at this time is only 30 percent contained. firefighters are hoping that today s cool ocean breezes and possible chance of rain will help weaken the wild fires that have been burning throughout california. for an update on the fire we go now to cristina mutchler an uphill battle. reporter: firefighters working tirelessl
firefighters and homeowners in ventura county are hoping cool and calm weather will weaken the fire burning since thursday. the fire has burned 28- thousand acres in two days and threatens 4-thousand homes. nearly 2-thousand firefighters are battling the blaze that is now justfull containment is expected by tomorrow.but as cristina potential weather change could be a mixed blessing. more than 2000 firefighters have, put out the claim fires there. the springs fire is burning. to 28-thousand acres. contained and firefighters expect to get full containment by tomorrow. these are pictures of theit has destroyed fifteen homes and 45 othermore than two- thousand fire crews from here in thethe cause of the fire is under investigation. homeless this morning after flames burned their san ramon home. it started around 3-30 spread to the house next door. firefighters tackled the blaze for more than three hours. flames quickly spread up the walls and into the attics of two neighbo
home you are looking at is worthy stabbing occurred. scott rates spent the day. we will have more reaction from the community. it s terrifying to know that the killer may be on the loose. catherine: valley. it s been a hot day around the bay. jacqueline: things are cooling down some. were seymour a degree readings. it was 95 today. still like one out in fairfield, 88 in livermore, 88 in livermore. certainly a lot cooler to the coastline. this summer like pattern. right now, wins not too bad but breezy for portions around the bay area. the wins are expected this is right raising fire concerns around the bay area. into wednesday morning, the winds are really going to be picking up. this is increasing fire danger. i will tell you more about that for the rest of the week s temperatures coming up in just a bit. catherine: sheriff s department is mourning the death of one of its deputies. kron 4 s justine waldman was there as divers pulled the justine waldman: voters on
stop at near university avenue of bay road and east palo alto. police just told us that that person who pulled over initially, then took off, came to this intersection and hit a motorcyclist. that motorcyclist is dead, taken away from the scene. it s an investigation. ktvu anoel walker is actually are we going to noel walker? yes, we are. reporter: good morning, sal. we just finished talking with police officers a minute ago. the helicopters are circling overhead. we are we are between university and we re told this all happened because of a call of spit shish activity. someone reported someone in the backyard. it was a burglary or a burglary in process. officers went to that area in order to be able to investigate what was going on. they saw an suv leaving the area without the lights on. the suv if we can take a live shot here is parked here at the intersection of bay and university. the area here is closed off to traffic. we know that the police pursued that suv.