This . As you can see the fire is fairly actively burning and the winds are causing it to pickup. This is not unusual for this mountain this early in the morning. It is just showing the potential we have out here. There is a lot of unburned file and the mountain has not burned for many, many years. We have very hot temperatures in the last few days. We have very low humidity. All of those factors contribute to this. This site looks. Our apologies for Audio Program with amy hollyfield. We will go back to amy but, first, we go to pictures of what is going on. You can see the hotspots burning right there at 1,500 acres. When the sun comes up firefighters will try to do battle and only 10 percent containment so a tough battle head with todays weather. Mike had a good view of the fire driving in and you are describing how it wrapped around the south side. Walked outside and there was the on glow of the fire as it mid from the eastern side to the south side and it was spreading both ways, spreading up toward the observatory and spreading down into the valley behind blackhawk near the fault lane that runs back there so the folks in blackhawk that live in the deepest part toward the back, i would imagine they are starting to get nervous and a lot of the vegetation up there with the oil in it that burns so much, there is a lot of it up there in that area and that could go up quickly. You can see the environmental wins are light and no wind in concord and livermore but we are up at 3,000 and maybe a little bit lower than that but the boundary layer is 1,200 and the smoke would be trapped. All the smoke right new is going up. As we start to warm the temperatures, the boundary layer will play out and the smoke will come down in the valleys and it will be worse than it was yesterday. Right now it is 77 in mt. Diablo with 90 percent humidity and wins from the northwest at 18 and gusting to 25 and this afternoon they gust up to 25 and temperatures are near 90 in the lower part of the fire and the humidity stays low at 10 to 20 percent. Thanks. Mike. A look at the fire burning on mt. Diablo primarily the fires settle down but we have not with this fire so this is what the firefighters are facing when the sun comes up. We will keep you informed about that in reports all only. We will continue that coverage of the morgan fight with matt keller at the evacuation Situation Center if clayton. We are talking help for people and animals. There is help here but no one is staying at the red cross shelter at Clayton Library. One couple is staying to their vehicle sleeping right now with six chihuahuas and they decided they cannot bring an malls inside the shelter they would Stay Together and sleep if their car. Here are the latest orders, 24 homes in the areas have been evacuated. That is in addition to oak hill lane and the power lines and cell towers are in the path of the fire. Residents saw the flames getting close to the backyard. I heard noise from below the house and i walked out and looked down and you could see the flames coming up the hill. A call went out for help getting horses and other animals out of the way of the fire and 30 horses from the rehab ranch and other animals were picked up and animal evacuation Situation Centers are set up at at the Contra Costa County fairgrounds and a man says his friends were told to evacuate last night at 5 30 and he talked to them at 10 00 last night and they were still inside of their home. The shelter here will remain open just case anyone need as place to stay. We are keeping track of where the fire is burning and you can see it right here this is not typical for an overnight look at the fire several hotspots and of course it has jumped to 1,on acres overnight and they will use an air attack later bringing in water from planes and helicopters. We will continue to bring you coverage at mt. Diablo with more throughout the newscast and at abc7news. Com. You can get breaking news alerts by following us on twitter abcnewsbayarea and from fremont, this morning, crews are working to contain a two aheart house fire. Authorities got a 1991 got a 911 call at 4 00 this morning and a house was in flames and throw people were rescued from the home and taken to the hospital to be treated for their injuries. No word on their condition. Two firefighters suffered minor burns. San Jose State University police are investigating a homicide when a mans body was found on campus. The slim was found in a parked s. U. V. Yesterday near the campus tennis courts. Police say it does not appear he was a student or affiliated with the university. The mans cause of death and identity have not been released. Police say it is the 4th Homicide Investigation in university history. Officials in San Francisco need your help in identifying a man found unconscious in union square. The man has brown hair and brown eyes and between 30 and 40 years of able and weighs 155 pounds with no tattoos and found with head injuries that suggests a fall. He is in Critical Condition and authorities are trying to find his relatives. Transportation officials will look for ways to bring relief to Traffic Congestion on highway 101. Our media partner reports that officials will use cameras to document the northbound evening commute. Traffic is so bad between the Richardson Bay bridge to the green bay interchange that the car pool lanes are backed up. Is going on mt. Diablo one of the more quiet spots on the mountain with a 1,500 acre wildfire continues to burn. The winds are going to be the big issue that far up on the mountain the winds will gust up to 25 Miles Per Hour. We will have a temperature around 80 to 90. We will have humidity at 10 percent to 20 percent. Wins from the northwest means they are blowing toward the southeast where the fire is from the east side to the Southeast Side to the south side overnight. Fog is an issue at half moon bay. Everyone else is okay. Our temperatures are running through the San Ramon Valley in the upper 50s to near 60 and warmer around antioch at 66 and livermore at 65. The air quality will be worse today than yesterday. 63 in san jose and Mountain View is 62 and 54 in San Francisco and 48 in novato for the cool spot. In the afternoon hours, the warm weather is in the east bay valley and midtoupper 90s and the car or the house thermometer could say 100. 78 in oakland and 68 in San Francisco. We do have the closings that will be in effect until further notice for mt. Diablo fire so marsh creek road will be shut down to regency and Morgan Territory road to high land road and if you are not a resident you will not be allowed in the area. If you are, you need to present an i. D. In san jose, we still have this crash blocking a lane northbound 101 on the express way and that is leaving us with bumpertobumper traffic away from the nimitz and before you get there, we have a report of a brand new accident when someone heard two cars crunch so possibly another smackup in the backup, coming up on the nimitz. So, slowandgo traffic on 101 and outside it looks like the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on and track is packed into Treasure Island toward San Francisco. President obama is making his case to the American People and the media blitz the commander in chief is undertaking trying to sell the nation on his land to attack syria and how syrian president Bashar Alassad is racketing to the threat in a new tv interview. A royal misunderstanding Scotland Yard respond as one of queen his both grandchild is accused of intruding on the palace grounds. There are 1,500 acres now consumed with 300 covering san rafael, south bay, pleasanton and all bay area this is abc7 news. A look from sky 7 you can sigh the orange glow of the fire on mt. Diablo at 1,500 acres burning not all that far and can be seen from the city of clayton with evacuees that way. To the right of the screen, fire trucks are positioning themselves for the fight this morning. Viewers sending photos of the morgan fire with dozens including this one from wayne in brentwood. You can see the orange glow on mt. Diablo as the flames burned. We will show you another photo from dan in clayton taken at 9 30 and a raging fire shot there. You can see the orange flames up close and we still have the situation this morning from san ramon beyond the school at 9 30 to show you how far away the flames could be seen, this is more than 20 miles away from clayton and we do want to see your photos of the fire so email your pictures and video to us. Now the crisis in syria, president obama is undertaking a Massive Media blitz to sell his planned attack against syria. This comes ahead of the nationwide prime time address tomorrow. We are joined from washington with the latest. Good morning to you. Over the next two days the president will make the push in public and private knowing that winning the vote on syria could be the biggest test of the presidency. President obama is making an allout push to persuade congress to authorize a military strike but it is a hard sell and Senior Administration officials admit that the president faces an uphill climb. They have no viable plan. Last night president surprised a dozen republicans would were lobbied over dinner by the vice president. Today, a full Public Campaign and the president sits down for six network tv interviews before delivering a rare prime time address using this gruesome video of the aftermath of an august 21 chemical weapons attack to sell a limited attack. Secretary of state john kerry has likened the crisis to the holocaust and genocide in rwanda. It would be good to hear people saying to a dictator, keep your hands off chemical weapons that kill your own people. The risk of not acting is greater than the risk of acting. Polls show a majority of machines are against military intervention in syria and the president s liberal base 07 poses military action. Dont lead us down this road again. The administration lobbying efforts continue and syrias president Bashar Alassad denied using chemical weapons and in an interview with charlie rose on pbs pledged to retaliation if the United States strikes. The president will talk to Senate Democrats in person tomorrow. Winning passage in the senate is in reap but in the house of representatives it is a different story and the white house has a last work left to do. Use will provide coverage of president obamas address on the crisis in syria tomorrow evening at 6 00 right here on abc7 news. Get updates any time on twitter by following on abc7 news bay area. A royal mixup in london when the queens son was confronted. The duke of york was out for a stroll in the garden of the palace and two armed officers stopped him and ordered the prince to show his i. D. Scotland yard has apologized for confusing him with an intruder. This happened on wednesday to days after a man was arrested on suspicion of burglary inside the palace. Here is prince andrews reaction to the royal mistake to be seen on Good Morning America at 7 00. Couple of cops are look for a new job this only if you have any recommendations. We will check with mike for the forecast. The temperatures will be high . High in the east bay where the firefighters will fight. On mt. Diablo it will be 83 but in the lower elevations toward the valley behind blackhawk it could be in the 90s. I will show you live doppler 7 hd, impressive radar return the smoke plume coming up from mt. Diablo fire that you can see from the east side to Southeast Side to the south facing side during the overnight hours and this is a fault through danville near mt. Diablo and this is what is right near the community of blackhawk. You can see blackhawk, the fault behind it, and here is the valley. That is where it is burning right now. I got up this morning and i could so an, glow from the valley and i could see the fire working its way up to the top on the topfacing side. That is what they will deal with in the afternoon, the rapid spreading in the overnight hours. You can see the higher you are in elevation it is warmer up this as naturally occurs in the nighttime hours. Our mid60s are the warmest in pittsburg and antioch and brentwood and everyone else, dress for 50s until you get to fremont and los gatos and lowtomid 60s. This is how it looks from the exploritorium with the clouds creeping across San Francisco as the clouds are trying to reestablish on top or within the marine layer with a lard time making it to our neighbors. It will be hot inland today and cooler air arrives tonight and the sea breeze touches all neighborhoods by wednesday. Most of us are in the lower elevations along the coast and spilling into the bay and it will be thicker through 9 00 and between 10 00 and 11 00 it evaporates and sunshine develops at the coast. Today, we will be in the mid80s in the north bay to near 100 in the east bay. You can see warmest temperatures around the bay are upper 80s and mid60s along the coast and well lose one to six degrees tuesday and wednesday from the coast inland and get the temperatures back to average and it becomes more of a cloud cover forecast as temperatures hold steady wednesday through sunday. Today is the last hot days in the forecast. We have busy conditions if you travel through san jose and over the altamont pass. It is busy. These closures are in effect in sonoma. A fire occurred yesterday and highway 12 is closed in both directions with pg e out this to repair some downed power lines. You are asked to avoid the area. If you need a detour you can use napa as an alternate. In san jose, this crash is causing problems northbound we i would at the expressway blocking the fat lane and bumper to bumper rack but we also have a report of another accident before you get to the nimitz two accidents in the same area causing heavy backups away from 280 at the 680 split. 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Diablo fire with smoke rising and we do have flames and this is only 10 percent contained with 1,500 acres burned, now burned to the south side of the mountain with continuing coverage coming up. Ought fire reminds us it is never too early to plan ahead with a list of resources and tips to help you prepare for any type of disaster. Go to our website at abc7news. Com and look for prepare logo. This morning many are saying that diana nyad is planning to meet with members of the marathon Swimming Community skeptical of her recordsetting 110mile swim from cuba to florida. In a Statement Issued this morning, a Spokesman Says that the 64yearold endurance athlete is proud of her accomplishment and committed to complete transparency. Many marathon swimmers wonder how she doubled her speed on one stretch of the 53hour swim suggesting she held on to the boat that was with her. Her team denyies that claim. Instagram users will now see more than photos. According to the app owned by facebook they will sell ads in the next hour. The companys c. E. O. Says instagram has more than 150 million active users each month 50 million more than seven months ago. Facebook spent 1 billion acquiring instagram last year. Our coverage of the wildfire burning on mt. Diablo continues at 6 30 with flames reaching the summit of the mountain. New containment figures from firefighters and the help on the ground and in the air to get the fire under control plus we will update the evacuation wases affecting people and animals. A fire from the east bay hills camera the smoke is blowing to the southeast as the wind shifts helping to spread the fire. I will tell you what the firefighters will deal with later today. I am leyla gulen telling you about closures in place because of the fires and as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza we have heavy backups coming from oakland and busy conditions and a couple of kgo cokgo good morning on monday, this is a picture of the blames and the fire look at a mt. Diablo fire above danville still raging with hotspots flaring this morning and we have about 300 firefighters on the scene trying to get a hold of this, but, still, it grows, doubling in size overnight. Lets continue our coverage on the morgan file, the official name of it which doubled in size and our reporter is standing by in clayton with the latest. This spot that we have been watching for the last couple of hours has doubled in side since we have been here and there are no firefighters up there, just two rugged, too dangerous, so they are letting it bun. It is because of spots like this that the fire has doubled overnight and firefighters expect this fire will continue to grow. Right now they have it at an estimated 1,500 acres. Firefighters will set control lines away from the fire so the fire will move to a more accessible area so they can get to it safely. So, they do expect this fire will grow and continue to burn for some time. I feel confident we will be able to get a cont