oakland hills. and good evening, i m juliette goodrich. and i m brian hackney, it started just before 4:00 along castle drive near joaquin miller park. not far from the chabot space and science center. we flew over the scene and crews are still mopping up hot spots at this hour. you can see how close the fire came to nearby homes. mark is there life. it really looked like a close call mark. reporter: it was indeed brian. this fire had a lot of billowing smoke and we have just learned from oakland fire investigators that it is confirmed. this fire was caused by fireworks. grass and trees were on fire with flames showing in the early afternoon at joaquin miller park. the first calls came in around 3:30 as many hikers were in the park enjoying the fourth of july holiday. as those hikers quickly left for safety, they passed resident justin graham who was out for a jog. and a bunch of hikers told me to turn back. they staid stop. we saw fireworks go off and we saw a fire sta
live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. a single firework nearly sparks a disaster in the oakland hills setting off a brush fire that stopped just short of a neighborhood but despite the danger, people still aren t getting the message. i m brian hackney. and i m juliette goodrich. chopper 5 spotted illegal fireworks displays going off all over the east bay tonight. anything that goes into the air is banned across the bay area. so every single display you see right now is breaking the law. mark sayre is in oakland tonight where illegal fireworks created a real scare in the hills. mark? reporter: the sounds of these illegal fireworks have been going on since well before the sun went down. we are talking three or four hours now. now after the sun is down, these displays are continuing. let s like at our vantage point here. all the fireworks are illegal. what you are seeing here should not be happening. earlier today, an illegal piece of firework caused a
reporter: a safe danone fireworks started a fire. it ignited dry grass and stores forced a 3 acre patch with scorched a 3 acre patch. i had to get my documents a get out of here. reporter: the family shot video as the flames raced uphill and smoke-filled their street. early on, residents were hearing it was fireworks. i was trying to have final the fourth of july, but that is the wrong place to have fun. reporter: ground crews jumped on the fire fast. any billow of smoke in the hills rekindles memories of more than 20 years ago. the billion dollars firestorm that destroyed 3000 homes and killed 25 people. that was a small fire that reignited your crews took no chances. we had wind, and we had temperatures if we had temperatures like we had a couple of days ago, it could have been different. a number of hikers came running at me telling me to go back. they said fireworks it just got off and flames are burning in the footbridge on sunset trail. reporter: th
we start with the hunt for one of the world s most notorious and dangerous drug lords. yeah, joaquin el chapo guzman was last seen saturday night inside a maximum security prison 55 miles from mexico city. somehow, he escaped tlau long tunnel that led out inside a building in a nearby neighborhood. there are indications that that tunnel was being built for at least a year. this morning, the all-out manhunt for el chapo guzman. after escaping a maximum security prison again. this is a huge failure. he s one of the most powerful drug cartel leaders in mexico, if not the most powerful. reporter: guzman slipping through a small hole in his cell into a tunnel complete are ventilation, lights and a motorcycle on rails. apparently used to help dig him out. escaping to freedom through a converted tunnel nearly a mile long that connects to this house. he s been notorious for his use of tunnels. the sinaloa cartel has a team of engineers and miners that has built over 100 tun
day with more twisters possible. and reporting for duty. prince william begins a new job as an air ambulance pilot. nervous. and he s opening up about his growing family. more responsibilities, especially when george is around. he s a little monkey. so is there a possibility of three? today monday, july 13th, 2015. from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to today. we have willie in this week for matt who is taking time off. i thought that prison break in upstate new york was impressive. el chapo has this mile long tunnel that had vent lags and rail car. had a rail system. not the first time he escaped from prison. one of the most notorious drug pins in the world. it s clear he had tunnel. you wonder if they ll ever find him again. we ll have that in a moment. we have breaking news. marathon talks leading now to a new bailout deal with near bankrupt greece ov