Flames from this gas week in san francisco. It happened around 4 00 this afternoon on fulton street near steiner and alamo square. The for lames are out now but at one point homes were evacuated. We have heard some residents have already returned. Investigators a work crew not pg e may have caused the initial spark while digging with heavy equipment. More breaking news innt saa a foot wide deep sinkhole that swallowed two parked cars city says it 12 inch water main burst under this Commuter Parking lot late last night and while crews did shut it off quickly, the damage was clearly done. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im lisbeth cook. Also right now, first the Season Opener was postponed, and now the cal Football Teams second game of the season on saturday looks like it might get scrapped as well. Kenny choi is on campus for us tonight. Reporter still no word from city officials after we contacted them today, they did lose a statement this week saying no further direction is pending from
Facebook live. An update on the grass fire breaking out in South San Francisco these are from sky max 7. Thats the Industrial City sign right next to highway 101. The flames creeping up the hillside. Honesty, this video speaks for itself. The Landmark Sign with smoke surrounding it. You can see trying to make drops right now to get that fire under control. But the good news now fire Officials Say this is fully contained. It started before noon. At one point homes nearby were threatened but only a few had external damage. Check out the latest right now on our website abc7news. Com and also on the abc7news app. All right. We are always lucky to have him by our side as the coronavirus continue to make headlines. To break all of this down for us and get us some answers, special correspondent dr. Patel joining us right now. Hi there, my friend. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Lets start with how the bay area is doing when it comes to transmission rates. Were still doing ok. If you look
Containment. Cal fire has 1,000 firefighters on the ground, fighting the flames and crews say gusty winds and dry brush are fueling the fires rapid spread. Take a look at this map where you can see the glass fire complex is burning in napa and sonoma counties. Taking some live pictures as we speak from the glass fire and boy, it is hard to even see anything that smoke is so thick in the sky. Almost an eerie yellow color right now. Dion, think about trying to fight any of these fires from the air when visibility is so poor, it really restricts what firefighters are able to do, because its dangerous to fly in that weather. We have Team Coverage on the fires that are burning out of control, and lets begin with wayne freedman, who is live in santa rosa. Reporter good afternoon. Its hardy a good afternoon. Dion, you were talking about the smoke. The ash is coming down from the sky, its like dandruff. This is a car parked here for about an hour. This is the ash thats come down, its everywher
Looks fantastic. No delays right flow, and upper east shore freeway, no major issues. Youll notice this red in the squiggling section. Thats the portion of 101 affected by the work on the muir fire. And that area is still closed because of the kinkade fire. Its breaking news we continue to follow as the wild fares tear apart parts of california. Right now theres more than a dozen fires up and down the state so far the kinkade fires has burned 16,000 acres being fueled by strong winds and its only 5 march contained. At least 49 buildings and homes have now been destroyed. About 2,000 people in geyserville and hillsberg you are under evacuation. Our crew discovered broken equipment that may have sparked the fire. Pg e cut power to quite a bit of the north bay, but we have learned that they did not cut power to highpower transmission lines until after the flames broke out. Well, the changing winds will certainly cause a lot of problems. Look at the smoke billows into the bay area as well.
Next time we have to plan the trip together. But the fog with the heat. As you know, this time of year, lots of dense fog. Inland temperatures have been heating up. But near the coast and bay not so much. That will be the it are. 80s and 90s for the hot spot today. You can see temperatures for the overall trend. Remember, warm to hot wednesday. Cooled off thursday. And that warming trend continues for today. Satellite. We still have this. Low clouds and fog near the coast and portions of the bay to start out your saturday morning. And current it numbers as we check in on those. We have 50s and 60s. Santa rosa, 54 degrees. San jose, 62. Livermore in the upper 60s. And fairfield, 61 degrees. Heres our live camera. Starting off your day this morning. As far as eventual forecast later on today. A big temperature range from the mid60s coastside all the way to the mid90s. You can take your pick. Today probably one of the hottest days of the week inland. That means more 90s showing up for you