Inside keep your windows and your doors closed because of course of the a heavy smoke. The refinery fire set off some vegetation fires in the area surrounding the facility. The new star fires burned about 17 acres so far it is 20 contained. But firefighters say they have stopped the spread. Cal fire says several agencies are helping to respond to all of this. And i want check in with kron fours dan kerman hes got the latest from the scene including some a new information dan what are you saying. Well interstate 80 in the coming skyway you can see what weve been looking at all day long which is thick black smoke, going to step out of the way so you can get a better idea of what were looking for as you know, 3 tanks here that ended up exploding and catching fire. We had a brief bit of a respite for a while after it happened just before 2 oclock and then one of the tanks collapsed and when it collapsed, we got a lot more thick black smoke again was but as you see whether its more or less
Back to our breaking News Coverage tonight an explosion at the area that says a storage tanks for refineries in the east bay prompts a shelter in place for parts of Contra Costa County and that video youre looking at was provided by a viewer kron 4 viewer tory newman and she happened to be at the location. As that live actually blow off the top of that storage tank. Some amazing video from tory newman into kron 4 today, heres what we know so far about this for rodeo. The fire is burning at the new star Storage Facility thats a Storage Facility for refinery products as of right now Officials Say 2 tanks are burning there was some confusion earlier that there were 3 tanks of ah, but there are 2 tanks burning, those tanks are holding ethanol and there are road closures on both interstate 80 and highway for interstate 80 is now close likely until midnight tonight. And heres the. That we can show you of the shelterinplace area. The areas shaded in red contra costa Hazardous Materials says a
There has been more than 30 air strikes in northern yemen according to local officials and residents. The saudiled strikes landed in the northwestern provinces of sadr and hadda. There has been fighting in the southwest of the country in the city of tiaz. In luga in the northeast, 20 houthi fighters were killed in fighting there. The humanitarian situation south of sanaa is worsening. Hundreds protested, asking for water. Electricity and petrol was asked for as well. On tuesday, three civilians were killed when houthi fighters fired mortar bombs and rockets at a saudi border town. The saudi military spokesman told al jazeera that the shelling is a change in houthi tactics. Some areas were targeted with mortar rounds and rockets. What happened today is part of an escalation by the houthi militias in targetting schools and a failed hospital in an attempt to sabotage aid relief. All options are opened to ensure the safety of security and citizens. The u. N. Secretary of state john kerry i
Iraqi forces prepare for a fight. Well have extensive reporting on the challenges of rebuilding nepal, one month after the earthquake. Hello. We begin this news hour with news out of tunisia. A soldier has turned his gun on his colleagues in tunis killing a certainly e. Colonel and seven others. The soldier was shot and killed. The government is describing it as an internal attack. This soldier had family problems. He suffered from behavior disorders. He had been recently transferred to a less sensitive unit where he was not allowed to carry weapons. Now this is an individual case and the motives are under investigation. Lets get more now from tunis. What more do we know about this . The motives are really crucial in this case, as the spokesperson for the military mentioned, they will be doing a full investigation. Many people are wondering if this man had psychological problems then why was he allowed even close to any weaponry. Now, we are getting more and more information about exac
One month on, nepal nepalese offer a prayer to remember those who died in the biggest earthquake in living memory. We begin with news coming out of tunisia. A soldier has turned his gun on his own at the capital of tunis. This man suffered from family problems. He suffered from disorders. He had recently been transferred to an area where he was not allowed to carry weapons. This is now under investigation. We go to tunis with this update. This is already already has everyone on edge. This has turned out to be a serious incident. The worst of its kind where a corporal was able to stab some of his colleagues, and turning the weapon on himself. Officials are saying that he did it for personal reasons. Theyll speak to his family and friends as soon as possible. This all happen very close to the bardo museum, the seen of one of tunisias deadliest attacks. 22 people were killed by to tunisian gunmen. Most of them were tourists. The country is still reeling from that, and the army is viewed a