Fierce. They were intense. They could be seen for miles, we are told the smoke moved down to the south bay to the san jose area. We are told at this hour, atf has been called to the scene, ba thus fire is highly suspicious. Arson is suspected. Again the second time this fire has burned. A lot of witnesses to this fire, a lot of neighborhoods close to this construction project. We talked to one man who insists to people, get out of the homes. Did the neighbors get out of their homes . Not necessarily, a disabled lady i assisted getting in the car, they were informing of covering their mouths. What do you think about this happening for the second time . Not only the second time hang, i also think its important, it makes you scratch your time its the second time in this building. In the context, all of the fires in oakland raise many questions. So, so many questions on this fire on Alameda County officials, by the way, we are already at the emeryville camera. Again it is on the oakland out oaklandemeryville border. They say embers from the fire lit spot fires on to homes two or three blocks away. None of these homes burn, the words extinguish at a quick pace, which is very good news, on the back side of this home, on the back side of this neighborhood on the east side are out of this home as a pre indication. Now as you said the atf is en route to the scene because the fire again is very suspicious in nature. This is the second time this condo complex has erupted in flames. It happened back in july. We talked earlier to a man who is working on the construction projects. He was in tears because he said, this is his livelihood. This is how he makes money. This is how he supports himself and his family . And he was scratching his head how, indeed, could this happen a second time . He would not speculate on how the fire may have started, but he was definitely, definitely questioning how this might have happened a second time. We counted at least 12 to 15 fire trucks here on scene which are now dousing the flames, putting as much water as they can on to this condo complex. All you can see right now, really, scaffolding and insulation on the back side. We are here at san pablo and adeleine street. It also borders parts of Market Street and down into oakland. We are also told embers from the fire were burning on to 580 and traffic had to be halted for a while, because chp was just concerned that, you know, there were injuries on the 580 because cars could have been damaged, but 580 i can see is back opened, but there are evacuations in several neighborhoods surrounding this fire. We will gather some more information. There will be a briefing in the next 30 minutes. Reporting live on the oaklandemeryville border, abc 7 news. This portion of san pablo avenue is still block as off to drivers, do you have any eta on the reopening . Oh, gosh, probably all day, last year i was on scene for the fire, this whole intersection elein down to san pablo, so if you are in the area, if you live in the area, you might want to consider well, not taking your car anywhere, but consider side streets a. Lot of detours are set up right now. Corn em, thank you so much for that live report. We appreciate it. We did this video earlier this morning, you can see the smoke here and and up close look at the fire and the intensity of the flames as crews did their initial response. Now, heres what the fire looked like from the freeway. Wow, an abc 7 news engineer took this photo over as those flames were raging. As kornell mentioned, track came to a complete stand still for about 10 to 15 minutes as a precaution by the chp. Now the building that burned is the same build tag caught fire last july. That fire went to six alarms. We covered that fire last year for us. 20 people were displaced. Fire caused an estimated 23 million in damages to the building for town homes and an auto repair shop, including 12 vehicles. A giant crane was also dismantled in the heat of the flames and the building was a total loss. From Fire Departments we have been seeing a lot of free activity on social media, as always, when you see breaking news, share it with us using the abc7now. Thankfully the winds havent been too active, which is good news for fire crews. Meteorologist lisa argen is tracking it all. Hi, lisa. Good morning, chris, a live doppler 7 in the sky, we will be looking at increased wind throughout the day today. Heres a look at the golden gate bridge, winds arent too much of a factor now. We have had them breezy at times, 51 in gilroy, oakland is 55. Mount tam, yes, it is breezy, it will remain that way, guesting gusty at the shore line. You are in the 30s earlier, 54 in nevada, from our east bay hills club, expect 40s and 50s through the the next hour and two hours. We look at numbers into the 50s and 60s with brisk winds. Noontime gusting to 35 miles an hour at times. 50s at the coast. 60s around the bay. Perhaps about 70 in santa rosa. We have changes for mothers day and the next seven days. I have them for you coming up in the accuweather forecast. Thank you. Now to breaking news in the eastway, contra costa fire Officials Say around arrest has been made in a string of car fires. This comes after two more cars were lit on fire after 2 00. Then just 11 minutes later, a toyota suv was torched in lafayette, no one was hurt in either case. That makes seven suspicious car fires this week alone. Investigators are reexamining other arson cases going back to the beginning of that year to see if there is a connection. A child is recovering after being trapped in a home that caught fire. The onealarm started at 2 00 on lockwood near 73rd avenue. Fire crews rescued the child and were able to quickly put the flames out t. Child is in serious condition but no one was was hurt. Investigators were determining the cause of that fire. In the south bay, one person is dead after being run over by a vehicle in san jose. It happened just after 9 00 last night on south bascom fear scott. You c near scott. Police said the driver took off but came back a short time later one person has been taken into custody. On a lighter note the mothers day forecast is looking lighter for us. It is good. A little breeze building throughout the day. We are 51 in san francisco, 49 in fremont. So were going to stay in this cooler than normal weather pattern. In fact the coolest weather of the week can offer up some showers t. Details coming up. Lisa, thank you. That home, we are how fafrom its sourcelpine spring to the bottle . Travel how about less than a mile and a half . Crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. 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They will be cooler at the beach, numbers will be in the 60s with the northwest wind. Gusts can get to 30 Miles Per Hour around the beach or the bay. Bay. Breaking news along the emeryvilleoakland border the red cross is forcing them to evacuate their homes early this morning. We have been at the scene, quinnel is live with this investigation. Reporter chris, i can tell you that the atf is now headed to the scene of this fire, which has been contained but fought fully under control yet. Take a look at our van tage point t. Scaffolding side of this condo complex is pretty many up the only thing that left. Fire crews spraying all the water they can on hot spots from crooked ladders to every side of this construction site expands at least a half a city incredible flames are jumping high into the air. The smoke and flames could be seen from miles away. In fact, we are told that smoke moved as far south as san fire officials confirm this is the same construction site which burned last july, displacing 20 neighbors nearby. Now this latest fire september embers into neighborhoods walks away, causing several spot fires which were extinguished on several homes we are told. A lot of people out of their homes as a precaution. Moments ago, we talked to a man that worked construction on this same sight two times now. At this time if you l l l l l its unbelievable. Somebody is against us, i dont know . Why . Because of the economy, jobs. Where are we going . Its a lot of feelings. There was a disabled lady i assisted getting in the car. They informed them to cover their mouths. What do you think this happened for the second time . Not only the second time, i think its important, scratch your head its happening for thing is time, but in a contest, all of the fires are happening in oakland. Its definitely something that raised many questions. Alameda fire says there are a lot of questions definitely. There is no cause to the fire. It is considered suspicious. The Information Officer i spoke to moments ago, the red cross now on scene, assisting folks who are out of their homes on the east side of this construction site. Which as you can see is pretty much a total loss the scaffolding, we see insulation, the wide van tage point have been involved, those have been shattered. Remnants of shadow. It is a total loss. The first fire which burned in july caused as much as 23 billion in damage, its unknown how much damage was caused in this. 580 had to be closed for a time early this morning because embers from this fire were actually burning onto the freeway. The chp concerned that somebody would get hurt. So traffic was halted, because the smoke, the flames, the embers were just that intense. Its been a fairly long morning for firefighters. A lot of relief crews coming in to assist firefighters who have been on the scene for hours now battling this very, very tough place, its under control, but not completely fully contained. There is no cause to the fire. Although, it is considered to be suspicious. The atf is en route to investigate as they did back in july. I am told, i covered the fire. That, indeed, was another intense fire as well, which had this intersection, this neighborhood, cordoned off for several days. Its unclear how long adelein street, Market Street, the street surrounding this fire will be closed as well. If you live in the area, you might wa