francisco s mission district. details on a sharp rise in violent robberies. off the top tonight at 11:00 a developing weather situation. look at this video. dry lightning in the east bay lighting up the sky. this is video from castro valley. we are told that some high school football fields had to be cleared tonight because of the dangerous weather. the lightning is sparking several fires. these pictures were sent in by some of our viewers near mount diablo. a large fire is burning on the mountain. fire crews are on the scene. the two-alarm blaze has been contained, however fire crews are all over the bay area remaining on alert because of the dangerous fire conditions. joining us now on the phone is captain mary gutierrez from san jose fire who is assisting cal fire. we understand there have been a number of fires. can you give us the status of these blazes right now? five fires were reported to cal fire. the largest being a 33-acre fire at mount diablo state park. all f
backed down and now you can see them using the ladders and fire hoses instead of firefighters going up on top. one firefighter was taken to the hospital with minor burns to his hands. we know that it started out as a three-alarm fire, quickly spread to four alarms. it should be out in 10 or 15 minutes. there are no reports of injuries to any of the people in the house. school is out so apparently the students that were here are students that were here on summer break. and we ll continue to bring you the very latest. right now elizabeth wenger has traffic. thank you, anser. that s right. fire crews are still out this blocking several lanes around the intersection where the frat house is. let s go back out to chopper 5 pictures. we can show you the scene from out there. so again, as anser mentioned this is the intersection near south 11th and east san antonio street. several blocks east of san jose state university. also vta is affected by this, as well. a couple of vta route
that s a fraternity house on fire. now, it s burning at the kappa sigma fraternity, about two blocks away from san jose state. it s going good too. so far no injuries have been reported. allie rasmus is on her way there. she will have a live report on everything as soon as she gets there. developing news now from oakland, one firefighter is in the hospital after responding to an overnight house fire. that happened just after 2:00 this morning on 23rd avenue near east 17th street. ktvu s jade hernandez is there this morning with more on the firefighter s injury and the damage left behind. good morning, jade. reporter: good morning, pam. we can tell you the firefighter went to the hospital for precautionary measures. we are live at east 17th and 23rd avenue this morning, and we can show you and give you a better view of the damage this morning. you can see firefighters where that light is, they re looking for hot spots. we ve learned two families live inside of this retrofi
outside around a good part of the bay area. for it to get 88 in the city, it s going to be hot elsewhere. 99 concord, 98 san jose and 90 in oakland. some places will reach the century mark. we ll talk about that in a moment. first elizabeth has traffic. thank you, lawrence. it s going to be a day for air-conditioners. everything is fine, no problems. back to you. thank you. we have breaking news out of downtown san jose. crews are battling a three- alarm fire along san jose state university s fraternity row. the flames broke out around 3:15 this morning. investigators believe that the fire began in a laundry room at the kappa sigma fraternity on south 11th street, just east of the main campus. it s believed that everybody got out safely and flames are limited to one building. matt bigler is on scene and we ll check in with him for the latest in a few minutes. one firefighter was hurt while battling a house fire. kristy seifkin is at the scene where the flames are out