More than 150 firefighters mobilized to knock down the fouralarm fire. Right now were doing whats called a surround and drown. So were getting this from all sides. Its too dangerous for our members to be in there. Reporter the first moments of this firefight, chaotic. In this video, you can see firefighters spraying down one of their ladder trucks. They placed their truck in a position to save the warehouse to my right, and they did that amazingly and historically getting heat impingement and damage to that fire truck. Reporter one firefighter on scene was injured with a serious cut on his hand and was taken to a local hospital. Fire crews did not attack the flames from inside the warehouse because several walls collapsed. On the other side of the pier, crews mobilized a fire boat dousing the flames, keeping them away from a popular floating museum, the ss Jeremiah Obrien. You can see fire crews are still dumping lots of water here. Thats one of the walls that collapsed. Check out how close it is to the Jeremiah Obrien. The Jeremiah Obrien has been known as the lucky ship, one of the last liberty ships around. She survived the north atlantic and dday and this incredible fire. Reporter three Museum Volunteers were aboard whether the flames started. A dramatic awakening. They evacuated safely. In San Francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. More pictures for you now. Take a look at this. The San FranciscoPolice Department tweeted this photo out today. In the foreground, that is the Jeremiah Obrien. Behind it, the raging flames from this morning. Amazing that ship was saved. Take a look at this. You can see in this video posted to citizen app, crews were tackling this fire from all angles as we heard. Here, one of several fire boats used to fight this fire working to knock down the flames inside that warehouse. That fouralarm fire impacting a lot of businesses. The warehouses included Storage Space for Fish Processors, as well as offices. Christie . Reporter terry, today we heard several people comment on the hard work of the Fire Department and what was saved today, that warehouse did burn with a lot of gear and equipment inside. Also some office space. One of those spaces was used by red and white fleet, and this came at a really difficult time. The wall of flames toward the rear of pier 45 was met with a strong response by firefighters, who fought to keep the warehouse fire from spreading beyond what they call shed c. A lot of fishermen stored gear over there. But in the buildings that have been evacuated, theres seafood company. Reporter hes with aloha seafood and was worried about when they might be able to get back in and process orders for memorial day weekend. At some point were going to have to get a hold of every single customer that placed an order for today and tell them, im sorry. Its not going to happen for the day, which means its not going to happen for this weekend. Reporter the fire burned one warehouse. At the others, there were concerns about getting access to get back in and whether the power was on. This is just another big curveball we all have to deal with in the food industry, so see what happens. Im concerned now about power. I was just trying to get some news on that. Reporter he says they lost some equipment. By midday, the port of San Francisco explained that three of the four main warehouse areas at the pier had power on. We will be notifying and working with all of our tenants to let them know when it is safe to return to sheds b and d that were not at all impacted by the fire. Reporter nearby, red and white fleet, the vessels are safe and so is the box office for bay cruises. But there is a real loss. Sadly, we were severely affected. Our office and our operations and engineering workshops were both located in the shed that burned to the ground. Reporter it happened when theyre all dealing with closures due to the pandemic. We were closed on march 16th by the order. We very unfortunately had to lay off most of our staff shortly afterwards, and then now this. Reporter theyre hoping to get the green light soon, but say they will need support from locals. We really need the help of our neighbors to get back on our feet. Reporter now, we are told that for Fish Processors and tenants who want access, want to get back in, were told that should happen in the coming days. Reporting live in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Christie, thank you very much. A well loved tourist attraction on pier 45 narrowly escaped the flames. This is the owner of mew see mecanique. The Family Museum is a collection of hundreds of mechanical items including old coin operated arcade games that still work. It draws big crowds especially in the summer time but has been closed because of the pandemic. Dispatch audio is giving us a glimpse into the chaotic scene at pier 45 this morning. Take a listen. Be advised weve got heavy fire on the back of the pier. The uss jeremiah is in danger. We want to get the water pipes up back here. The whole back of the building is going and the roof. That roof collapsed. Firefighters say fire boat 3 was tasked with saving the obrien, and they believe without that crew, without fire boat 3, the ship would probably have been destroyed. Well, the Jeremiah Obrien, a rich piece of american history. It is one of only two fully functional liberty ships built and launched during world war ii. The ship was constructed in maine, made seven voyages during the war, and one of those voyages was to normandy, france, for dday. Everything is historically accurate. Shes a Living Museum enjoyed by visitors who come to pier 45, and a big thank you to the many volunteers who donate their time to restore and maintain the vessel. Weve been following this story all day on our digital platforms. You can download our free app to get the latest news from around the bay area sent straight to your phone. Now to our coronavirus coverage. Governor newsoms ban on in Person Church Services being upheld by the ninth Circuit Court of appeals. The split ruling came down last night. Its sure to deepen the rift between newsom and pastors, who say california is infringing on religious freedoms. They claimed the order violated constitutional standard, but in its decision, the court wrote that normal standards should not be applied to this case because the coronavirus is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease for which there is no cure. Hundreds of pastors have vowed to hold inperson services next weekend in defiance of the governments orders. Covid19 cases in the bay area continue to climb. Santa clara county seeing 30 more cases overnight. San mateo county reporting 50 new cases. Overall we now have 12 now 246 cases in the bay area. About 425 people have died because of the virus. Statewide, we now have more than 90,000 cases. Close to 3,800 people have died. Helping folks to social distance in sausalito. The city there drew circles on the lawn of Gabrielson Park to encourage social distancing. We first saw those circles in dolores park in San Francisco, and they were being put to good use today. Look at this. People actually obeying the circles, keeping their distance. Quite a crowd at dolores park, most of them sticking to those circles. So far, people seem to be doing an incredible job out there. The Response Team is getting a lot of questions about coronavirus. Join us for an nbc bay area responds special tonight at 6 30. Consumer investigator chris chmura will answer some of the most asked questions. Again, that is tonight right after this newscast. A live look now at san jose. Sunny and breezy right now. Its going to get warmer. Then its going to get flatout hot. Rob mayeda joining us now with an update from the inside. He went inside. Inside. Youre going to want to be inside when you take a look at the sevenday forecast we have coming our way. Right now, though, it is nice if you happen to be outdoors taking a short walk around your backyards. Temperatures in the 70s and 80s. Cooler down to San Francisco. 60. Weve got the comfortable spread of temperatures. 60s and 70s bayside and some 80s inland. All this is about to change. Look at the excessive heat watch. Its the area in red. Whats unusual is that its not just the valleys. Its the inner bay. It includes San Francisco. It includes oakland. Its just the coast that is out of this excessive heat watch, which gets started on memorial day monday. Thats going to take us all the way through thursday where valley temperatures have a chance of climbing well through the 90s, maybe close to 100 degrees by midweek. So coming up, well take a look at when those hottest temperatures will arrive and when the cooling kicks back in as we head through the rest of your sevenday forecast coming up in about eight minutes. Thanks very much. It was a tragic story that gripped santa cruz and the entire bay area. An 8yearold girl murdered. The suspect accused in her death, a teenager. Tonight we are learning that Maddy Middletons ashes have been stolen. Family members say the urn with the ashes was stolen yesterday out of her fathers car. The father has the ashes in a small 3 1 2inch urn. He keeps it in his glove box. They say they just want the urn returned. Theyre not going to ask any questions. Please just return those ashes. It means a lot to the family. Middleton disappeared in 2015. Her body was found in a dumpster at the apartment complex where she lived. Police arrested then 15yearold Adrian Gonzalez in connection to her death. Gonzalez pleaded not guilty. Anyone with information about the stolen ashes asked to call police. Still ahead, reopening Sonoma County. The county pushing further ahead to kickstart businesses. A lot of people wondering what can you do, what cant you do. Were going to break it down for you. And a special celebration for a group of south bay graduates. How these College Grads celebrated while social distancing. And they did it legally. The weathers perfect. Family is all together and we switched to geico; saved money on our boat insurance. How could it get any better than this . Dad, i just caught a goldfish theres no goldfish in this lake. Whoa its pure gold. Were gonna be rich. Were gonna be rich it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Thousands of people turned out at the State Capitol today to demand california reopen for business and quickly. The demonstration was dubbed liberty fest. It attracted all types of protesters. There were donald trump supporters, antivaccination advocates. Many just wanted to be able to reopen their businesses asap. As you can see, many of those who came, they were not following social distancing protocols. Some were not Wearing Masks. Police closed off the street to traffic and monitored the event from a distance. Today was the first day of an expanded phase two in Sonoma County. Restaurants can now serve diner can do wine tastings. However, many businesses told us they are still working out the kinks before inviting customers back in. Sonoma is the third bay area county to reach expanded phase two. Napa and solano counties were approved for that status earlier this week. The easing of covid19 restrictions in santa clara came just in time for graduates. Graduates got to join a loud, raucous, but still safe graduation celebration in this alviso neighborhood. It was complete with a mariachi band, family members cheering from passing cars. The grads were supposed to walk across the stage yesterday, but obviously those kind of ceremonies are canceled with covid19. Luckily yesterday Santa Clara County lifted its restriction on these driveby celebrations, allowing todays car parade to happen. And it was the best day of the next four days really to have an outdoor celebration. Right, rob . Yeah. You know, we have still some comfortable temperatures outside. As you mentioned, terry, for those outdoor plans in san jose. But next couple of days as the sevenday forecast shows, were going to be seeing these temperatures really taking off. Right now, 73. A bit breezy in san jose. Highs earlier in the 80s. San francisco, briefly in the 70s but a cool sea breeze still at work at 60 currently. Well take you inland out towards walnut creek. This will be one of the spots i think by midweek that will be climbing maybe close to 100 degrees by tuesday and wednesday. Right now its nice for the weekend. 80 degrees after a high of close to 86. You got a spread of temperatures which almost looks a bit more like summer. Youve got 60s bayside, 70s to mid80s inland, and the onshore winds, the ocean airconditioning as we like to say, its still on. Obviously the winds are onshore, but the coolant to that ocean a. C. Is the fog and the low clouds. Notice weve seen that back off along the coast as High Pressure builds in. That marine air is going to get squished down progressively each of the next couple of days, which means the cooling effects of that breeze not going to reach as far inland over the next few days, and youll certainly notice it by the middle part of next week. For the morning, its still pretty nice. You still might need a jacket for the morning with those numbers in the low 50s. For the afternoon, youll notice in our microclimate forecast, zone by zone, were starting to see 90s south of san jose out towards these foothills. South san jose tomorrow pretty close to 90 degrees. Similar story east of 680 from the trivalley heading up towards alamo, blackhawk, concord into antioch, temperatures climbing into the mid90s possible by memorial day. So watch out for that. Peninsula temperatures still mostly in the 70s and 80s. San francisco, again, into the 70s tomorrow. But some 80s just around the corner. For the north bay, santa rosa, sonoma up to the north around ukiah, we will see temperatures tomorrow starting to run into the 90s. So sevenday forecast, you might want to hide your eyes a little bit for the next four days. Up towards yountville temperatures soar close to 100 degrees midweek. Palo alto seeing those temperatures really start to climb on up. We will see upper 90s tuesday and wednesday right now looks to be the hottest as High Pressure should be at its strongest. Second half of the week, we see a sea breeze pick up as this upper level system approaches the coast. Stay tuned. You see the chance of a few showers up here in the north coast. That may involve some lightning strikes and after four to five days of near record temperatures inland, well have to watch that, i think, a little bit maybe for some fire danger next weekend. But for the end of this memorial day weekend, look at that. Thats not the inland sevenday forecast. Thats San Francisco. Mid80s midweek. Warmest day appears to be towards wednesday, and there you see valleys soaring through the upper 90s to near 100 degrees midweek. So recordbreaking temperatures likely headed this way, possibly air pollution issues as well. Well have a closer look at that as this heat spell plays out over the next four days. Terry, back to you. All right, rob. Thanks very much. Still ahead, the new epicenter for the coronavirus. Tonight the one country thats seeing a surge of cases amid this pandemic. The World Health Organization has named south america the new epicenter of the covid19 pandemic. Infections and deaths are surging there, especially in brazil, which now has more than 330,000 confirmed cases. Thats more than any other country except the united states. In a sense, south america has become a new epicenter for the disease. Weve seen many south american countries with increasing numbers of cases, and clearly theres a concern across many of those countries. Brazil saw more than 1,000 deaths in the past 24 hours. More than 4,500 in the past four days. Brazils Health Care System is showing signs of stress. However, the countrys president is referring to the coronavirus as, quote, a little flu. Its the unofficial start to summer and a memorial day weekend unlike any other. For the first time in months, more americans are venturing out to shops, restaurants, parks, and beaches as states ease stay at home restrictions. Nbcs Chris Pollone has the latest. Reporter this memorial day weekend, more parks, beaches, and businesses are open across the country than have been in months as states try to jump start their ailing economies. Among those getting some r and r over the holiday weekend, president trump, who visited one of his golf courses saturday for the first time in 75 days. But its evident things are still far from normal. This is a whole different environment, a whole different memorial day, a whole different world really that were in. Reporter its the world of covid19, where americans desire to get out of their homes is testing social distancing guidelines designed to slow the virus spread. So dont underestimate this virus. We know that it can rear its ugly head at any moment. Reporter the news is good in new york. The nations hardest hit state, where the number of daily coronavirus deaths dropped to less than 100 for the first time in months. 84 is still a tragedy, no doubt. But the fact that its down as low as it is, is really overall good news. Reporter but infections are still on the rise in some states. Quiet airports and r rdsk it ju yet. I have no anywhere. Reporter Chris Pollone, nbc news, new york. Some dog owners can only dream of training their dogs to go fetch their beer. But thats exactly what a pair of golden retrievers are doing. Okay, barley. Are you ready . Are you ready for our delivery . Good boys. Reporter the names, buddy and barley. Their owners own Six Harbors Brewing Company on lo