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>> PAM: IT LOOKS AS THOUGH
AT ENTIRE PLOT IS UP IN
FLAMES IN THAT AREA. WE'RE
TRYING TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION BUT IS ALL
HAPPENING IN GENERAL AND
CHINA THEY SAID IT IS NOT
FAR FROM AT&T PARK IN
MISSION DAY. THE FIRE CREWS
ARE ON THE SCENE BUT THEY
ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME
TRYING TO KNOCK DOWN THE
FLAMES.
>> PAM: FELICIANO YOU ARE ON
THE PHONE BECAUSE YOU ARE
HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME
GETTING THROUGH TRAFFIC?
>> REPORTER: PEOPLE THAT ARE
TRYING TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS
AREA IS HAVING A BIT
DIFFICULT TIME AND THEY DO
NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I
HAVE ONE GUY SAID TO ME IN
ONE DIRECTION. THE OTHER
OFFICER IS TELLING ME I
CAN'T LET YOU GO BACK THAT
WAY. SO IT IS A LITTLE
CHAOTIC OVER HERE. I
CONCEDE BLACK SMOKE COMING
OUT. THE FLAMES ARE HIGH.
MAYBE TWO STORIES ABOVE THE
BUILDING WHICH IS ALREADY IN
45 STORY BUILDING. IT IS A
VERY ACT OF FIRES AND IT
LOOKS REALLY BAD. VERY
ACTIVE FIRE
>> PAM: ELISE TIA THINK HILL
FOR YOUR UPDATE. ALECIA
THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE ON
THE FIRE.
>> PAM: MICHAEL YAKI OUR
POLITICAL ANNALYST WAS
COMING IN FOR A DIFFERENT
STORY BUT IS NOW HERE TO
DISCUSS THE FIRE IN MISSION
BAY WHICH IS NEAR HIS
COMMUNITY.
>> THERE ARE SHORT CUTS ALL
THE WAY THROUGH THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD. SEOUL, ON KING
STREET WHICH IS BASICALLY
THE STREET I LIVE FOR WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE WALL-TO-WALL
TRAFFIC. NOT BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE BEING DIVERTED BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO LOOK TO
SEE WHAT IS GOING ON.
>> PAM: THERE IS A LOT
BALLPARK AND OTHER AREAS AND
THE COMMUNITY.
>> PAM: TO TRY TO GET A
HANDLE ON THE BASES HERE TO
KNOCK DOWN SOME OF THESE
LANDS. THE CHICKEN SEE THIS
HUGE PLUMES OF SMOKE.
>> REPORTER: IN FACT, IT
COULD BE GETTING WORSE.
QUICKLY DIVERTED INTO A TWO-
ALARM NOW BEFORE ALARM FIRE.
TOUGH TO A RISE FASTEST
SCENE OF THE FIRE. IN A RUSH
HOUR SITUATION. IT IS NOW A
FIVE ALARM FIRE THERE ARE
SOME RECOGNIZING THE
SEVERITY OF THIS SITUATION.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO PAM
WHO WILL GIVE US NEW
INFORMATION.
>> PAM: WE HAVE SOMEONE IN
THE AREA THAT FOR THAT
ACTUALLY WORKS AND THE
FIELDS COFFEE THAT IS RIGHT
NEAR ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY.
>> OUR PERSPECTIVE WE SEE A
LOT OF PEOPLE ON FOURTH
STREET TAKING PICTURES. I
WOULD SAY IN A MATTER OF 10
MINUTES TO GROW TO ENGULFING
THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING.
>> ARE ACROSS THE MISSION
BAY HERE AND THEY HAVE YET
TO CALL A EVACUATION OF THE
BUILDING.
>> FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE I AM
HAPPY THAT THE BUILDING FUND
IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF FIRE
COULD BE SO DEVASTATING.
>> PAM: DO YOU HAVE ANY
SENSE OF THE RESIDENTIAL
UNITS HAVE BEEN THREATENED
BY THE BLAZE?
>> YES DEPENDING ON THE
WIND.
>> PAM: WHAT IS GOING ON ON
THE STREET THERE?
>> THEY HAVE BLOCKED OFF
TRAFFIC ON WHAT THEY ARE NOT
LETTING PEOPLE NEAR
>> REPORTER: YOU SEE THE
LIVE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT
SIMPLY RAGING UP TO FIVE
ALARMS IS STARTED ON THE
NINTH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.
REAL CLOSE TO AT&T PARK.
FOURTH IN CHINA, THE FIRE
STARTED ON THE NINTH FLOOR
AND QUICKLY SPREAD TO ALL
FLOORS OF THAT BUILDING BUT
SEVERAL OF THAT BUILDING.
THE ROOF AND ENGULFED IN
FLAMES. IT HAS BECOME A REAL
ISSUE PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS
FROM MY OLD SILES.
CAN SEE THIS FIRE FROM MILES
>> PAM: SAID IT DOES NOT
APPEAR THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS
ARE GETTING A HANDLE ON THIS
FIRE.
>> RELIEVING WORK ABOUT 20
MINUTES AGO. BY THE TIME I
LEFT AND WAS HEADED TO THE
BAY BRIDGE TO WAS A HUNDRED
TO TWO OTHERS BEAT UP IN THE
AIR AND PEOPLE WERE TRYING
TO TAKE PHOTOS TO FIND OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
>> PAM: REMINDING OUR
AUDIENCE THAT SHE CAN GET
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT
KRON4 DOT COM AS WELL AS
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER. PLEASE
SEND US YOUR PICTURES IF YOU
HAVE ANY INFORMATION OF WHAT
