Arson. Good morning. Its 7 30 on this sunday, may 14th. Happy mothers day. Happy mothers day. On to the news. More than a dozen homes are still under evacuation this morning after a suspicious 5alarm fire in emeryville. Sky drone 5 shows whats left of the multi Million Dollar apartment complex that was almost completed. We spoke to the developer who believes the second fire was no accident. If this sounds like a familiar story thats because this exact thing happened here before. In july, this apartment complex burned to the ground and the developer is convinced this is a case of arson. Ash rained down like snow on this construction project. The embers coming down, it looked like snow on fire, felt like an apocalypse. It was deja vu. Rick holiday is the developer of the apartment complex and living a recurring nightmare. It started from a phone call from a friend. Same phone call i got from the same owner ten months ago. The complex burned down july 6 at the same stage of construction.
Arsons to about a dozen. That is including the seven this week and at least five others from 2016. The first five this week happened overnight in a driveway. The two this morning were parked on the streeet. Fire officials believe the same person or people are responsible for all of them. They say there are some commonalities among them. Much of which they wont share in order not to compromise the investigation. I spoke with residents nearby in walnut creek. And they say this is part of a trend in increase in crime here in recent years. One man told me that hes lived here since the nineties without incident up until the last year. His car was stolen twice. So now he says hes taking a different approach to prevent Something Like this from happening to himself or his neighbors. Tim mcconnell neighbori think its one of the things weve kind of decided that with this kind of going on and now the vehicle fires. If people are driving through your neighbhorhood i dont think theres a real proble
Power to safely fight the fire. Its a serious concern for firefighters because thats part of the process, once you disconnect power, you assume youre safe from the risk. Reporter they were not safe. Two Fire Fighters suffered from electrical shock because they say the house was illegally wired and stole electricity from pgne. In the course of fighting the fire, two of the firefighters were shocked. One rather severely, didnt cause burns. The firefighters are okay, treated on scene, but it was an injury to the firefighters, and that is a crime. Reporter four adults and four children living in this home, two suffered minor burns. They all got out alive along with their pit pull puppy. Everyones find. They are in a shelter right now. We see, you know, how things go. Reporter the homeowner stopped by to see the damage this morning. Firefighters say they dont know if the renters or homeowner illegally wired the home. They are investigating. The homeowner told us she had not heard about the
Reporter the accident happened around 2 30 this morning on fremont boulevard. Friends of the victim came by and left candles and flowers on the meridian near the accident site. And Fremont Police tell me they are now investigating whether alcohol may have played a role in this fatal crash. Fremont police say a black toyota yaris was making a lefthand turn when it collided with a chevy malibu on fremont boulevard early this morning. Shay marcellino was killed in the crash. Her Close Friends called her shaney. Tonight they came to the accident scene still stunned. I just wanted to pray and talk to her. Reporter david knew her from Youth Ministry at st. Anns Catholic Church. She was the funniest person ever. Reporter she was a senior, set to graduate next month. Friends say she was a talented flutist in the school band and was just coming home from her senior prom when she was killed. Shaneys 39yearold mother was driving the toyota. She suffered major injuries and remains hospitalized ton
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