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Crews just finished fighting it just a short time ago but as Jessica Flores reports, the investigation is just beginning. Reporter the flames shooting in the air in downtown lafayette, seen for miles around. Ken bastida took this video on his way home from work around midnight as the fire devoured the twostory office building. Fire crews spent the Early Morning on the defensive, trying to battle back the flames and smoke and keep embers from flying into nearby apartments. We did evacuate three buildings initially because of the amount of radiant heat. We also had some propane tanks that were exploding and so we wanted to make sure everybody was safe. Reporter nearly 7 hours into their firefight, crews were still putting out hot spots and dumping water on the charred building. Home to the chamber of commerce, the popular restaurant nearby, and a number of small businesses. Im i ....
Friedman is live near the fire lines with the latest update. Reporter we were getting low temperatures and we do have an inversion layer this morning and that was happening firefighters but the inversion layer has burned off, the wind has come up and as you see over my shoulder now we have more smoke and afternoon activity. That 3200 acres is about to change. 30 about to change. We dont know what those new numbers will be but they have been the same for quite a while. Its certainly better than yesterday. Lets begin with amy head of the california of cal fire. So it seems to be coming up again. Its not like yesterday, though, is it . No, not like yesterday. We did have a little cool weather come in last night that helped and it stayed a lot cooler than yesterday. But theres a little wind picking up. Reporter in a fire like this, wind and heat are the enemies. In an area with so many hot spots, the wind has a way of wreaking havoc, a gust, a burst, a flareup. After a quiet morning thats ....