Griego. Im anne makovec, in for kenny choi. The fire started at around 4 30 this morning at 24th and valdez streets in oakland just a few blocks away from lake merritt and auto row. We have Live Team Coverage on the fire and the evacuations. First, kpix 5s Katie Nielsen is at the scene. Katie. Reporter firefighters are still pouring water into whats left of this building. They are actually trying to put out any remain hot spots so that the investigators from the Alameda County Arson Task Force as well as atf can get in and start figuring out how this fire started. Smoke, ash and embers billowed into the earlymorning sky as the development at 2424 valdez went up in flames. Before we knew it, the fire had spread to the elevator shaft on the opposite side of the building. And once it hit that, it just took off. Reporter the first 911 call came in at 4 30 and firefighters got to the scene less than five minutes later. Our units summoned needly based on the size of the buildings and the con