Studios, this is kpix5 news. Breaking news, flames and thick black smoke ripped through several businesses in berkeley tonight. The fire broke out at 8 30 at a warehouse. Drivers near i80 could see it driving by. Kpix5s don knapp is live on the scene. Reporter it has been a spectacular, but destructive fire. Firefighters are still pouring water on it, but it has already done a lot of damage. Lets take a look. The fire is right alongside i 80s eastbound lanes east of university avenue. It brought traffic to a crawl if not a stop all the way from the bay bridge up past golden gate fields. Now we are looking at the fire from the backside just before a roof collapsed. We are at fourth and hersch. High up in the smoke, you can see what likes like a high tall ladder or a pair of tall ladders with a hose at the top of it. We could see a firefighter on top of it directing the stream on the burn below. The smoke coming from four businesses and two buildings including the wooden duck, the buildi
In the next 15 minutes to half an hour you might already want to start taking an alternate route because even if this crash was the clear the chp has issued that this backup is likely to be with us for awhile. As we take a look at the temperatures we are off to a cooler start. Oakland is a waking up to 57 degrees. You can expect cooler weather in fact we will be below the seasonal average. I will have full details of what to expect as 6 15 a. M. Bay area commuters are now just nine days away from the expiration of the bart contract extension. The two sides have not met for the past two days. To get you more news faster, lets go to one of our solo reporters, kron fours mike some of them are already making contingency plans. I spoke with one person and he stated that he will do this just in case the bart workers decide to walk off the job. The first strike came to a. M. On july 4th after four days because the two sides agreed to extend it by 30 days. This is expected to in august afford.
And 28l. 28l is where the asiana flight. They are concerned that others that manual landings. Normally on a clear day pilots coming into sfo would do what is called a visual approach. They wouldnt rely solely on their cock pit instruments. They have had more aborted landings than usual. That is why they used this rule. The faa says this is a temporary change that was brought about in part because an instrument system known as the glide slope indicators has been out of service here at sfo since early june. And that system that glide slope is not scheduled to come back anline until late august. Live this morning in millbrae alex savidge. Ktvu channel 2 news. The passengers on board san allee gent Airline Flight from iowa to florida are being driven to their destination after making an unscheduled stop in georgia. The pilot noticed a warning light indicating a possible fire in the cargo hold. The crew found the nearest airport and made an emergency landing. Shortly after 9 00 last night.
Maw maw is off we are following a developing story out of brazil. A nightclub fire has left more than 200 people dead and dozens more injured. It broke out around 2 00 this morning at a club called kiss. Lauren demarco joins us with the latest update on the death toll, 233 People Killed. 117 people were reportedly treated for smoke inhalation and burns. It happened in santa maria. There were more than a thousand people in the nightclub at the time and Officials Say there was a stampede for the exit, which became partially blocked by those already dead. Reporter as flames raced through the crowded club in brazil, panicked patronned scrambled to make their way outside. [sirens] reporter with more than 230 People Killed, it appears to be the worlds deadliest nightclub fire in more than a decade. Witnesses say the band on stage performing was using flares which sparked the flames. Video shows men joining firefighters, using axes to break through windows and walls to help free those trapped
And the caps craze erupts in to see tonight as they pull out their first win of the season. Well get to those stories in moment. First, cold temperatures overnight could make for slick and icy roads on your drive to work tomorrow. Lets get to gary mcgrady for a look at the forecast. Have to be careful to watch and see how much we get prior to the commute. Now temperatures are dropping. Weve had a few hours of clear skies. Temperatures this evening have really been allowed to fall. 25 now for frederick. Temperature here in the city is down below freezing. May actually come up a little bit. I think well settle down in the upper 20s in town and probably sneak up around 30 by early, early tomorrow morning. This is coming in our direction. You can already begin to see some of this pink coming in to western maryland. Ive checked all through eastern sections of pennsylvania, up into West Virginia. Not seeing any reports of anything touching the ground. A lot of this thats coming in aloft, its