There is no fuel to start a fire. Residents remember the devastation of the Oakland Hills fire storm in 1991. We want to take you now to East San Jose this afternoon. Firefighters quickly contained a smoky grassfire along interstate 680. The fire was called in after 2 00 p. M. Near the mckey road offramp. Who lane southbound were closed temporarily. There are some clouds lingering above the San Francisco bay tonight. Are they going to affect your Fireworks Show . Thats a big question. As the sun goes down the fireworks will light up the sky. Live outside right now, the mt. Tam cam shows clouds filtering in from the coast so well have low clouds to cop tend with. I think most areas are just going to be fine to view the fireworks. Heres your fourth of july forecast. This is valid until 9 30 later on this evening. Sunset at 8 35. So fog along the coast a little moving into the bay. Temperaturewise were cool in the 50s and 60s and more specifically here are some temperatures around 9 30 to
Honoring america with dazzling displays of fireworks across the bay area tonight. Legal and illegal. Good evening. Happy fourth of july. Were going to start with the illegal fireworks in many communities still going off now. In some cases the fireworks are as good as the ones the pros use and officials are cracking down. Abc 7 News Reporter live in emoryville with the danger they pose. Reporter a lot of official fireworks displays across the bay area wrapped up. We have been watching illegal fireworks displays for several hours. Over the skyline of oakland there are some going on right now. Before the sun set on this fourth of july the unofficial fire work displays went off. This is cell phone video of illegal fireworks in oakland. Police and fire across the bay area have been concerned. We urge people with the dry conditions that fireworks can be very damaging. This is why theyre concerned. Crews spent hours battling a brushfire in the Oakland Hills. Justin graham noticed smoke before
It was a very busy night for firefighters in contra costa county. In fact, firefighters had their hands full with brush fires burning between bay point and brentwood. This is where a grass fire came close to an apartment complex at lone tree way. It may have been sparked by a remnants of a professional Fireworks Show that ended moments earlier. Illegal fireworks have displaced four people in san jose. Officials say a neighbors fireworks landed in the backyard of a home just before 10 00 last night. It quickly started a twoalarm fire that spread to the fight. To the house. The back of the home suffered moderate damage. The flames were put out in about 25 minutes. Oakland firefighters responded to another illegal fireworks fire on skyline boulevard. It was just before 10 00 when a vegetation fire broke out about 200 feet off the road. Fire Officials Say bystanders confirmed the accidental blaze was started by fireworks. It grew to about a quarter acre but was very difficult to get to bec
Live from the kgo teach broadcast center. This is abc7 news. Good morning to you. Its sunday july 5th. Im chris nguyen in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with a quick first look at the forecast. Heres lisa argen tracking live doppler hd. If morning lisa. Good morning, chris. Im watching the fog meander this morning. We are looking at the temperatures on the mild side inland but we have moisture along the coast. Its all cue to the area of low pressure offshore that will be drifting offshore all week long. Heres santa cruz. Check it out. From watson to santa cruz, we are wet. But inland we are sunny and mild. 62 napa. Putting it all together today, temperatures coming down with numbers in the 80s in the inland valleys. Breezy around the bay, 60s and 70s. Once again the fog really right up to the shoreline. We will detail the week ahead, which features more cool weather coming up. Chris. Lisa, thank you. In developing news, firefighters are battling a 320acre wildfire in vacaville that thre
A helicopter. Crews marching uphill there to try to get to this fire. We understand the smoke can be seen for miles throughout the east bay. People throughout the east bay able to see the smoke in the sky, and given how dry things are out there, this is a scary sight, given the Oakland Hills as well. Theres a big fire that just happened just witnessed some fireworks going off, and the fire starting around then, and they were actively calling the fire department, and as we came back out of the trailhead the sunset trail the first fire truck was coming up the hill. We talked with another neighbor who said he heard what he thought was fireworks but didnt see anyone in the area. They tell us fire crews arrived within just a few minute minutes of the fit 911 calls. Thing best fear the tinder dry conditions and theyve been trying to keep their homes clear of brush so make shouldunder there is no fuel to start a fire. Residents remember the devastation of the Oakland Hills fire storm in 1991.