Ethanol each area Officials Say that adds up to more than 250,000 gallons of fuel. That may sound like a lot but it is a fraction of what the tank hold. Authorities discussed the massive firefighting effort. Crews poured 15,000 gallons of Firefighting Foam on the fire yesterday which was diluted with water. Has been on the sce all day yesterday and he is back there again today. Tom, we are expecting a News Conference in about 25 minutes or so. Any indication of what they might say or whether there are new developments . Reporter i think there are not new developments or anything they can talk about at this moment. That is why they have backed it up for a little bit. Clearly they are trying to gather more information. You have to understand what is going on here is very slow and pains taking and will pretty dangerous. As a result what you have to do is go slowly carefully so yothat could cost them on an injury or their life. Having said all of that, here is how todays events went and th
Federal atf investigators are on scene along with cal osha, county, and other local agencies. The plant is shut down until such time osha determines it is no longer hazardous. A quarter million gallons of flammable ethanol materials were consumed, the equivalent of 28 big greg gasoline tanker trucks. So far firefighters have used one and a half million gallons of Firefighting Foam and water mixture to suppress the mixture. The usually dry containment areas that surround the tanks to prevent toxic runoff are holding a lot of materials from the tanks as well as the water and Firefighting Foam. We believe there is no risk of fire but out of an abundance of caution we are keeping foam blankets on both of those containment pods to mitigate any risk of further ignition. The tanks that sit next to the burned ones are being vented into the atmosphere to let off pressure. The tank anti leaking valves were damaged in the fire. That system has been compromised because of the fire so they are vent
Announce the launch of the app called my shake during an event in oakland tomorrow. Good evening, im julie hane nor. And im frank somerville. Amber is in oakland. Reporter frank, the governor and others will gather here tomorrow morning the bay bridge as the back drop. They say the first of this kind Warning System could present vent peep from getting hurt. The earthquake from 1989 is an event few people in the bay area will forget, en now, 30 years later. I lived in San Francisco and it wouldve been helpful to know how to check in with other people. Reporter if you feel a quake reporter the nations first statewide quake Warning System will be officially launched by Governor Newsom and others on thursday. Itll be the same system that issues amber alerts and an app called my shake. Download the my shake app to get a warning when the earthquake shaking is headed your way. Reporter if a quake is at least a magnitude 47. 5, people in the area will get a warning. Drop, cover and hold on. Re
Congressman Elijah Cummings of maryland has died at the age of morning. Lets check in with steve. A little more than drizzle out there. Light rain for some. The windshield wipers were going bigtime. Sal, i hope you were out there. Yes, sir. I gotcha. Does not much but what is there, lets get to it. Its hard to pick up on radar so its very low level but some streets are wet. 80 coming from albany to oakland and maybe where you are as well. The system is moving through and we see clearing after that rapidly and then we see the breeze pick up. Not too bad yet but it will get blustery later today. 50s on the temperatures. 60 in san jose. Look for a morning drizzle giving way to mostly sunny skies. The system yesterday was a very fall like pattern but today 50s, 60s and 70s. A little bit of rain in the morning and then out of here. You heard the. I heard you. Thats the first thing i thought about what i got into my car and i saw the missed or whatever. People are going to have a hard time,
65 in the city. 57. The average is 69 and 53. So below and above and the high level clouds have pushed off. Whats left of that front is producing some rain in the Sierra Nevada so someone is getting in on that to the north and in the mountains. The breeze is not a huge factor yet but it will from the west and northwest later. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. I doubt we get much cooler than this. 52 in morgan hill. 50s in the santa cruz mountains. Upper 50s around cupertino and san jose. Look for morning drizzle to taper off and then partly to mostly sunny and breezy. 60s and 70s on your temperatures today. Sal is here. Super commute time now or Something Else . A little bit of everything. Good morning. Westbound 580 we start with the altimont super commute, the tracy super commute and you can see there is a crash on westbound 580 at grant line road. A couple of different items although i figure its the same thing. Traffic is going to be slow but if youre driving into livermore you can