county today. now the concern is that it could be the start of a very busy weekend for firefighters. 7 news reporter thomas is live near pinole and starts us off tonight. thomas. reporter: cal fire says the fire danger so high they staffed all the fire engines and ready to go along with the helicopters and tankers. now attacking fires like this one with all they have so that they don t become fire storm. more than 200 firefighters fought flames deep terrain and heat here just off rural alameda county. you cap see from sky 7 hd the flames hate up the dry brush and grasses on the hillside quickly and firefighters not far behind. 5 fire agency were on hand. this was a fire they wanted to stop quickly. we hit it hard. a lot of resources. also with the heat that we have been experiencing and will be experiencing we wanted to throw a lot of resources quickly to contain it. reporter: this is dry grass land that could have caused the fire to consume more than 1,000 acres if not a
. well, good morning, welcome to tuesday, it is may 15th, i am dave clark. let s check in with steve paulson, it warmed up in the afternoon, not bad. we will start off again with some low clouds and fog, temperatures held in check the lows are much cooler and it will develop wally get wiped out, a few 60s and 70s and a couple of low 80s. here is sal. traffic looks good and you can see for yourself it is a nice looking drive on the way to concord. also traffic looks good between novato and marin county let s go to pam. right now homicide investigators are at a home where a body was found last night. allie rasmus is on the scene and allie, you just spoke to a neighbor? reporter: yes, we will tell you what he said in just a minute but this is the first investigation of the year and alameda sheriff s investigators have been out here for 12 hours since this investigation began. there is a mobile calm man tune command unit and they are focusing their investigation on