Rising from what used to be that structure there. And very, very busy wednesday morning to you. Thanks for joining us here on the 9. Sal castaneda, mike mibach. A lot of people who were driving by in the early hours of the fire so they could feel the heat coming from that massive fire. Kow see it. I get to work very early in the morning and i was driving on interstate 880 and you could see a glow from the sky. Everyone in the east bay was able to see it. It you could see flames. The battle for those firefighters, tip your cap to them for containing that area. No one hurt. It was a sixalarm fire that is now fully contained that happened at a residential building under construction near emeryville. Its happening just a block or twoway away from the home depot shopping center. We have been on this breaking news through mornings on 2 since we first went on the air at 4 a. M. Dozens of firefighters and 25 fire engines have been on the scene trying to put the flames out. The big picture on t
Aerial ladder trucks to pour warter from up above. There are crews down below as well. This fire started early in the morning. Many of you that drive early in the morning, may have seen it on the freeway. And lets go ahead and listen now to what we heard and saw. A loud bang coming from the scene of the fire. Earlier, when we started at 4 00 this morning, we heard a loud explosion, actually it came from the tires of three cars that were parked nearby, to this Apartment Building. And that is what you possibly heard this morning. And then there is also a portion of the building that has collapsed. Now, there is some concern, there is a crane, also, nearby, and quite frankly, fire crews tell me that they are surprised that this crane hasnt fallen, and they were concerned, because earlier, when this fire started, it was seen swaying back and forth. But fire crews will remain here for several hours. I just came down, and i just saw this big flames, burning and burning and burning. And i was