this morning on the kron 4 morning news. a massive five-alarm fire consumes a giant construction site in san francisco. we have live team coverage on the damage done to that building. and those surrounding it. and facebook headquarters. evacuated. employees stream out of the campus. why police were brought in. the kron 4 morning news starts right now. developing news: the first five- alarm fire san francisco has seen in several years. is still causing problems this morning. a condominium building under construction near a-t and t park went up in flames just before five o clock yesterday evening. and burned for several hours. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. here is what is happening now: firegfighters have been pouring water on the core of this building through the night into this morning. because it remains hot. there are reports of steel in the building warpring due to the heat. that puts what is left of the building. in danger of c
is still causing problems this morning. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. a condominium building under construction near a-t and t park went up in flames just before five o clock yesterday evening. and burned for several hours. let s go live to where the fire is still burning this morning. at 4th street and mission bay. kron four s will tran is at the scene, will? : can you do a quick recap of where we are this morning : this is considered a fire watch and a hot spot. a lot of parts of the building because it s so big. we have been assigned to look at anything. : what s been the biggest problem for you guys? : i made the biggest problem for us. i think we did a great job at keeping everybody says. our own people. the water supply. today great job but ph.d. a system would archies. there are high pressure and low pressure system. i think we ve dealt with the chances. we were lucky. : with this neighborhood being so note and liking and services.
the bay area today and meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the wet weather. yeah. great to see the raindrops falling around the bay area. most of that confined north of the golden gate bridge. that s where we have seen the showers almost .10 of rain so far but plenty more to come. our hi-def doppler radar is tracking the storm system as it slides through. let s go in for a closer look. you can see moderate rainfall toward this part of the north bay. sonoma along 116 you are seeing good rainfall there right now. more is moving in off the coastline. so it s going to stay unsettled throughout the day likely to pick up into the middle of the day and then spread to the south as we head in toward the afternoon. so the commute ride especially on the ride home probably very wet around the rest of the bay area. over at sfo right now we have mostly cloudy skies. temperatures are running into the 50s. i think as we look toward the afternoon going to keep things cool and a bit w
both sides, and the passengers caught in the middle of all of this. reporter: frank, tonight, passengers tell me they dread the possibility of another b.a.r.t. strike, and some say they ve made contingency plans. from the flat form of the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station in oakland. passengers could see traffic backed up during tonight s evening commute. look at it today. reporter: passengers tell me, the possibility of another strike has them making alternate plans. just asking people for rides in the morning. basically, my commute in the morning i could ask for a ride. reporter: this woman says it turned into a nightmare during the last strike. i m worried because last time that they had the strike, it was really inconvenient. i had to get up early and it took two hours to get home. reporter: the union workers disrupting during a speech this morning in san francisco at a public transportation convention. atvu tells me today talks ended around 5:00 p.m., with little p
reporter: a huge fireball went into the sky as a propane company was rocked by explosions. a big circle of fire. reporter: the blast started around 10:30 at the blue rhino propane facility, a company that exchanges and cleans propane tanks. at least 2 dozen employees were in the building at the time of the blast. i heard the explosion and it threw me back about 3 feet. i landed on my butt and then my sight was blurry and my ears were ringing real bad and everyone was running. i just got up and ran. reporter: there were more than 53,000 tanks at the facility. sounded like a bomb going off. and hundreds of them. reporter: some of the 20- pound canisters ignited shooting into the sky. we started seeing those gas tanks flying up in the air and it literally, it had be at least 300 feet in the air. reporter: the blast could be felt for miles very far away. people in towns 10 miles from here were reporting feeling the homes shaking. reporter: officials initiall