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Bathroom of the first floor unit. There were five adults and one child in the building all got out safely. But neighbors say what they heard and saw was frightening. The whole house shook on the foundation. It was one hell of a blast. And it just was completely engulfed in flames. Black smoke. There were a few parents who had to run out with their babies. No clothes on. We went and brought them blankets and things like that. Really heard people screaming and crying because they didnt know what was going on. Reporter this man who lives in the unit that burned became extremely upset about nothing being allowed back inside his home to save his pet cat named chipmunk. But the battalion chief went into the home and found the cat under a sofa. They brought him out and gave him asthma medication. Im told hes fire. Reporter fire crews were able to put out the fire in about 30 minutes but are still looking into what caused this fire. Someone inside the home may have been using a propane torch t
Though. Ryan, thank you. The new rules will also allow for a fourth dispensary in the city. They will put that up for final approval next week. The pope valley fire burns for a second day in napa county. 200 homes have been forced to evacuate. And flames have grown to 5 square miles. Thats 3800 acres. Its now 30 contained, but weather has helped firefighters gain some ground today. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich takes us to the front lines. Juliette. Reporter liz, the weather helped overnight, but i have to tell you, just in the last hour, the shifting winds are making this firefight extremely challenging. In any event, case in point, right behind me shoulder this hillside just started flaring up again. And homeowners nearby are really rolling the dice deciding not to evacuate. From the ground look at that. Reporter to the air, fighting the butts fire has been tough to tackling. Hundreds of people evacuated, except ron. He isnt leaving. Its like a war zone out here. Reporter he says he is s
Looks like an official july 4th celebration over San Francisco bay. But its not. Illegal commercial grade fireworks display in wendy Young Oakland neighborhood. Lots of opportunities for injury and of course all the fireworks going off landing on peoples roofs and with the dry dry dry weather we could have some serious fire problems. Reporter she describes past fourth of July Celebration near San Antonio Park as a freeforall. Crowds so hostile the police finally had to back away finally. Reporter but the fire chief assured residents at the district meet that go extra police and 24 patrolling engines out in full force. Just to have the high visibility to let the Community Know that we are out there and we are taking a serious approach to the fireworks. Like a war zone. Reporter do you have any confidence the city will control this this year. I dont because of under staffed police. Reporter sky 7 hd captures similar problems all over oakland each fourth of july. Young says her call for m
Is sort of marking just how large this fire is. Authorities are telling us again that there were about 200 evacuations as this fire continues to spread. We are expecting the possibility that we could see more evacuations tonight. Well keep an ear on it and keep you updated. Back to you. Thank you. We want to go to Elizabeth Cook in the newsroom. She is watching the live pictures come in from chopper 5. Liz . Reporter veronica, we have literally had a birdseye view of how crews have been attacking this fire. You just saw an airplane drop retardant on the flames. Some of the shots of the flame and smoke are eerie. We have asked the chopper to maneuver over the most active part of the fire. Now, this is at one of the ridgetops of pope valley. You can see how the flames have made a run up the steep hillsides making it very difficult for firefighters. If you look very carefully, those are those spot fires that christin was mentioning. Now, what they send up that dark ominous pillars of smok