tracy courtney was treated and released. at this moment, three firefighters have been seriously injured. one dead, one still in critical condition here at san francisco general. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the fire that killed one firefighter and injured two others was nothing out of the ordinary when it began late this morning. just minutes after crews arrived at that four story building and began attacking the flames something went terribly wrong. tonight investigators are combing through the wreckage. reporter: that s right, behind me investigators are working into the evening to learn what happened this morning that killed one of their own. sometimes things are beyond our control. reporter: the tragedy began as a routine call. four san francisco engine companies responded this morning to a fire at this four story diamond hill home. i saw three girls run out of the garage at my neighbor s house. i said what s going on. because i started to s
a san francisco firefighter killed inside a house a second fighting for his life in the diamond heights neighborhood. the injure firefighter is in intensive care at san francisco general. elizabeth wenger reports. reporter: good morning. anthony valerio we re here at san francisco general where he is in critical condition this morning. he suffered from burns and smoke inhalation. our crews were there yesterday when the fire first broke out. it quickly became an inferno within a matter of seconds this. broke out around 10:45 yesterday morning in san francisco s diamond heights neighborhood. the flames moved so quickly in fact the three firefighters were hurt in what s called a flashover. that is heat so intense that it burns at 1100 degrees fahrenheit. what that means is the room ignited around them. it moved too quickly to save the life of lieutenant vincent perez who is a 21-year veteran of san francisco fire. a former marine and previous alameda county sheriff s deputy.
i m frank mallicoat. it s 4:30. we ll get your weekend started right, but weather-wise? hey, if we re going big, let s do it right. erica, welcome to early edition, taking lawrence s place. you just joined the weekend show. i m just getting used to the hours, conditions for today, go ahead and make any indoor plans because it looks like we are going to stay inside. in the meantime, we can see later today those showers will start to work in from the northwest ahead of an upper level low. san francisco 59. san jose 66. your morning commute won t be too bad but gianna what do you think? that s good news. hopefully will stay dry as soon as everyone gets home from work. we have a couple of accidents to start off with. sfo ramp to south 101 accident blocking the on-ramp. south 101 at millbrae. a ramp blocked troubles there south of there. back to you for now. thank you. it took only a few seconds yesterday. a house fire that quickly turned into an inferno. that fire at
been an emotional evening. amber reporter: julie, tonight we spoke with the family of the firefighter who s fighting for his life here at san francisco general. up in the fourth floor in icu. they described his condition as touch and do and told us it s been a very emotional day. his injurys are pretty severe. they found him, he was unconscious, they don t know how long he had been unconscious. he was unresponsive. he is not breathing well on his own at all. reporter: marc vallerio is the oldest of three. he s the one always taking care of us, we needed him, now he s the one needing us. reporter: 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez who battled the fire side by side with vallerio was escorted to the medical examiners office. he served valiantly. he was a classmate of mine. we started together on april 2nd, 1990. born and raised in san francisco. very proud san francisco. the world has lost a great man. a great firefighter. lieutenant. reporter: perez friend
you re watching cbs 5 eyewitness news in high definition. unfortunately, we lost a firefighter today and it is a tough day in san francisco. a bay area firefighter killed inside a burning house. a second clinging to life. tonight the neighborhood that came back to haunt the san francisco fire department. that fire made so much worse by a flashover. we ll show you what that is and you ll see why it s so deadly. plus the defendants learn their sentences. now we re learning more about how jaycee dugard was kept captive. chilling details revealed late today. and free to walk out of class any time. why one school district thinks students should not need permission to go to the bathroom. good evening, i m ken. and i m dana king. it took only a few seconds. a house fire that quickly turned into an inferno. the fire at the house on berkeley way in san francisco s diamond heights neighborhood killed one firefighter, critically injured a second. that fire made much worse