Valves. That connects and disconnects these tanks and tank farms. Behind me. But the rest of the tanks some of which received visible exterior damage from the fire flareups that happen into yesterday evening must also be dealt with. s event the what we were calling the adjacent tanks. The ones that were adjacent to the fire tanks. And that is to relieve pressure in those tanks. Which may have built up because the emission system has been compromised by the fire. Reporter officials at nustar did not make themselves available to go on camera. They are focusing on aiding in the investigation and making sure that the facility becomes operational again. We are expecting Contra Costa County fire at 5 30 pm. We will bring that to you live on kpix 5. Nustar is looking into whether the fire might have been caused by monday nights for plane five earthquake in Pleasant Hill. The quake did cause flaring at two refineries raising questions about what happened if there is a major earthquake. We look
Story. Reporter as you heard they are still investigating what caused the incident that could be seen across the bay area yesterday. As we reported yesterday they are looking at that monday night earthquake as a possible factor. It raises a serious question. What is going on with the ground in this area where there is so much fuel infrastructure . We have the hayward fault. We have the calaveras concorde fault. We have the greenville fall. We have a series of faults. Reporter our entire region is earthquake country. They usually happen along the major faultlines. Take a look at the usgs maps. They really can pop up all over the place. Anywhere in the bay area you can be right on top of an earthquake that is large enough to cause a shaking and moderate damage. Reporter the hayward fault suspected to be the most likely force of a major earthquake in our area doesnt just run the b note beneath oakland and berkeley hills. It continues north and just south of the very infrastructure we watc
Reporter carolyn and orville sanford say their entire house shook yesterday when two tanks burst into flames and smoke at the Nustar Energy facility down the street from their home. Turning a quiet afternoon into a terrifying one. I thought oh, gosh, i hope they dont explode our whole town out. I thought oh, hell. Weve had it now. My dads 81. Hes had three strokes, and he is on oxygen. And it was just a terrible, scary night. Reporter tonight fire crews still have a foam blanket over the explosion site. They want to make sure there is no threat of anything reigniting before they begin removing it. But theyre wasting no time trying to get to the bottom of what went wrong. 11 30 this morning, we served a search warrant on nustar. Reporter contra costa fire says their investigators are working with the atf, the sheriffs department, cal osha, and the d. A. s office to interview witnesses and examine documents and digital data like surveillance. They are all working as one team to investiga
Earthquake safer. News is 7 pm starts now with the investigation that is deepening and said that massive explosion and fire at a fuel Storage Facility in Contra Costa County. You can see exactly 24 hours ago we had that massive flare up 90 lighting up the sky. A much calmer scene tonight. Andrea is live at nustar with new information from investigators. Reporter you are not wrong. 24 hours ago we were watching a major flare up the first 11 minutes of this newscast. It was close to some jet fuel tanks. Tonight Contra Costa County fire has pulled out. Nustar has taken control of their facility. The investigation is continuing. 24 hours after this. Contra costa county is releasing the new nustar back to the company. Saying there is no more ignition threat. The monitoring that has gone on all afternoon assured us there is no threat in emissions that could ignite. We are able to get the investigators in there. Even though there is some infrastructure work going on. Reporter warrants were se
Today. Congressman Elijah Cummings was a fearless leader, a protector of democracy. Today cal osha investigators will continue looking into the cause of a massive tank fire in crockett. Contra costa county fire investigators will look into whether the buyer was connected to mondays earthquake. An airquality monitoring station has been deployed and is monitoring any Health Hazard that may remain from the fire. Later today Governor Newsom will be in oakland to unveil a new statewide earthquake warning system. This features an app called, my shake. It uses ground sensors to detect seismic activity. This comes on the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. N francisco will be testing its wireless Emergency Alert system. That alert will be sent to all enabled devices in the city this afternoon between 5 15 pm and 5 45 pm. That is this afternoon. The test will let the city practice using that system while encouraging earthquake preparedness. People around the state will take part in