A peninsula. Smoke was about, id say 100, 100ft up. Its probably been the biggest fire ive seen. That firefighter, it was a long one, but it has come to an end tonight. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach. And im Heather Holmes. The fire is at sims metal in redwood city, and it broke out just before 3 00 this afternoon. The flames sent smoke into several nearby cities, prompting air quality concerns. Our joey huerta joins us now live from redwood city. And joey, firefighters have pinpointed where in the yard this fire first began. Thats right. Heather and mike all clear now. The fire is out. You can still smell a metallic odor in the air now. And as i step out of the way, you can see crews who work at this scrapyard are still at it, moving things around with their heavy equipment tonight. And were told by the fire department, this all came down to a pile of cars that caught fire. Thick black plumes of smoke billowing over the horizon. Skyfox shows the view from above. Sims metal, a s
Possible. We do have a crew on the way. We want to give you also a little look at the map. If youre unfamiliar withhe area in redwood city, you can se again on the east side of 101 between the dumbarton and san mateo bridges. There. As i mentioned, we do have a crew on the way. As soon as we do get more information about this one, of course we will bring it to you. Meantime, new at five tonight. One step closer to learning the fate of the coliseum as the as prepare to say goodbye. The city of oakland looks ahead now to its future. That potential specifically here in deep east oakland, that it will finally be realized. And that is why this moment is so important. Well, the city of oakland is selling its share of the coliseum, all in an effort to redevelop the site for oaklanders. Ktvu is crystal bailey joins us live tonight from the city of oakland with more on the big news here. Crystal well, mike, the sale of this coliseum could bring the city more than 100 million, more jobs and more
Firefighters it looks like better access to the metal that is in the center of this fire. At this point, we did just see some flames jumping up over the fence just a few minutes ago. You can see some water being thrown there from the equipment as well. Fighting these flames. The Fire Department got the call here about 3 00. We do have some video from sky fox. We want to show you give you a better perspective of what this looks like from above. Sims metal, a scrap metal yard here on seaport boulevard in redwood city. Oftentimes you you find cars being recycled and scrap yards which have that flammable material, maybe gasoline still in the tank. And if theres a spark that lands at the right spot, youve got the potential for a fire. Of course, although theres no indication yet from the Fire Department of what may have caused this firefighter fire out here. Rather, we did hear from a witness a few minutes ago. He says that this is the biggest fire hes seen out of the several hes seen worki
November whether armstrong should join the city council. Ktvu tom vacar joins us live from the newsroom with this mornings filing. And why armstrong says hes running. Tom. Well the former highly Popular Police chief, leronne armstrong, filed papers wednesday morning to run for councilman at large, currently a seat held by rebecca kaplan, who has not yet decided whether she will seek the office. Former Oakland Police chief laurent armstrong walked into the City Clerks Office and filed papers wednesday morning to run for the councilman at large seat currently held by rebecca kaplan, who has not yet decided to seek the seat. Armstrong was fired as chief of police 15 months ago by mayor shengtao, who cited an outside investigation that concluded armstrong had mishandled two Police Misconduct cases, but he was later cleared of those allegations by an arbitrator. He is now suing the city of oakland , accusing the mayor of wrongful termination and seeking an office with power over her. I am c
Against the backdrop of the war in gaza, the bodies of iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and irans foreign minister were recovered following an hours long search. A helicopter carrying those two key leaders, along with six others, crashed in a mountainous area near irans northern border. Welcome everyone to the for this afternoon. Im alex savage and im heather holmes. Experts saying this deadly crash could not have come at a worse time with increased tensions there in the middle east. We want to bring in now our jana katsuyama, whos been monitoring the situation and also has some bay area reaction. Yes, and i spoke to some local expats who had frankly been supportive of the opposition. And they say that they are relieved that there will be a new election. Irans ayatollah, the Supreme Leader, named the Vice President as interim president today. I spoke with several bay area scholars who say this is a big blow to the regime losing two of its top leaders, president raisi and the hardline fo