Less than 24 hours after fire ripped through two tanks at the Nustar Energy Storage Facility in crockett, investigators with te Contra Costa Fire Department served a search warrant on the site. I would ask that you not infer anything negative about that. The company is being completely cooperative, and its purely a common practice that we do in investigations especially big complex ones. Reporter the evidence seized could include documents and computer servers that have video before and during the fire that consumed two tanks that contained about 250,000 gallons of ethanol. Just 1 of their capacity. The huge fire sent a giant plume of black smoke over the area forcing the closure of interstate 80 at the height of the evening commute. You can get longterm Health Effects from smoke, but thats when youve been exposed for a period of time, not this short few hours we had last night. Reporter in the meantime, the chairman of the contra costa board of supervisors is calling on his county to
The consequences of President Trumps decision to pull us troops out of syria, effectively giving the green light to turkey to send troops across the syrian border, have been deadly on the ground. And they are becoming difficult for him in washington. 129 members of his own party voted with the democrats in the house of representatives to condemn his syria decision. A bizarre letter has emerged, from mrtrump, urging turkeys president not to be a tough guy. And a white house meeting between mr trump and senior democrats ended with the democrats walking out. Heres our north american correspondent peter bowes. President correspondent peter bowes. Trump under fire frorr directions President Trump under fire from all directions over his decision to pull us forces out of syria. The house of representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn mr trumps actions in the strongest terms. The president impulsive decision to leave is there without end of deliberation has ignited a conflict in one of the
Reporter carolyn and orville sanford say their entire house shook yesterday when two tanks burst into flames and smoke at the Nustar Energy facility down the street from their home. Turning a quiet afternoon into a terrifying one. I thought oh, gosh, i hope they dont explode our whole town out. I thought oh, hell. Weve had it now. My dads 81. Hes had three strokes, and he is on oxygen. And it was just a terrible, scary night. Reporter tonight fire crews still have a foam blanket over the explosion site. They want to make sure there is no threat of anything reigniting before they begin removing it. But theyre wasting no time trying to get to the bottom of what went wrong. 11 30 this morning, we served a search warrant on nustar. Reporter contra costa fire says their investigators are working with the atf, the sheriffs department, cal osha, and the d. A. s office to interview witnesses and examine documents and digital data like surveillance. They are all working as one team to investiga
Hello to you. The consequences of President Trumps decision to pull us troops out of syria, effectively giving the green light to turkey to send troops across the syrian border, have been deadly on the ground. And the backlash from his own party is growing in washington. 129 of them voted with the democrats in the house of representatives to condemn him. Then a letterfrom mr trump came out, urging turkeys president not to be a tough guy. And a white house meeting with senior democrats ended with an exchange of insults and the democrats walking out. Heres our north america correspondent, peter bowes. President trump under fire from all directions over his decision to pull us forces out of syria. The house of representatives voted overwhelmingly to condemn mr trumps actions in the strongest terms. The president s impulsive decision to leave syria without any deliberation has ignited a conflict in one of the most volatile regions on earth. More than 100 republicans voted with the democrat
What happens if an earthquake over 45 happens around these refineries . I think it remains to be seen. Kpbs 5 news at 7 00 starts now with fire danger. A waup today for sure, but this is just the beginning. Live outside right now. Temperatures across the bay area were well above normal today. Even though we broke and tied records today, its actually thursday where i think the number really stands out. Look at that view. We broke the record at sfo, tied the record in oakland. This San Francisco, this is gonna be felt much more closer to the coast. 81 in downtown. Thats what i want to focus on. Look at thursday, 87 in the city. A noticeable warmup for us. Records go back to the gold rush. And everybody gets a warmup. A lot of us have already done it. Santa rosa was 91 today. Youre staying in the low 90s. You dont notice the big change. Similar story for concord. And it does tie in the red flag warning. And i will talk to you more about that coming up just a few minutes. Peggeg will decid