so there is a natural break for the fire. and the initial crash caused the utility lines and poles of the other lines, excuse me of the other poles along that street to collapse and that is why this fire chief says that caused a big fire. and we re told 7,000 people are with out power so that is the latest on oakland hills close call today and of course, the oakland fire storm on the minds of everyone here today and now to, my colleagues with another aspect of the story. you re right there is an idea of where i am. down below me is mountain boulevard where that car crashed. that caused that power pole to fall down to start to fire. and take a look around. we re standing behind two of the three homes temperatures say they faced from the fire. and still, dozens of firefighters are on site. the flames came up to the back porches of the homes this, is where firefighters are still staged. the only person home when the fire broke out was an 81-year-old lois chambers. i spoke to
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