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RIGHTS ARE STILL PRETTY
LIGHT.
>> RIGHT NOW CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY FIRE CREWS ARE
WORKING TO CONTAIN A FIRE
THAT SPREAD TO TWO HOUSES ON
BETHEL ISLAND. THE TWO ALARM
FIRE BROKE OUT EARLY THIS
MORNING AT 1480 TAYLOR ST..
YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S
HAPPENING HERE ON THE MAP.
KURDS SAY THEY'RE HAVING A
HARD TIME CONTAINING THE
FIRE. -- CREWS
. JACKIE SISSEL IS LIVE ON
THE SAME.
>> FOR A HALF HOURS AFTER
THE FIRE STARTED YOU CAN SEE
CREWS OUT HERE FIGHTING THE
TO STRUCTURE FIRE. THIS ALL
STARTED AROUND 230 THIS
MORNING WHEN THE CONTRA
COSTA COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
RECEIVED A CALL OF THE FIRE
ON THE ISLAND. INITIALLY IT
WAS A SINGLE STRUCTURE
SINGLE STORY FIRE. WHEN THEY
GOT OUT HERE THEY DETERMINED
INDEED IT WAS A FIRE BUT IT
WAS ALSO A TWO-STORY HOUSE
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT.
UNFORTUNATELY SOME POWER
LINES WENT DOWN AS THEY WERE
FIGHTING DID STRUCTURE FIRE
WHICH MADE THEM KIND OF BACK
OFF THE SCENE. UNFORTUNATELY
THE FIRE SPREAD TO THE HOUSE
NEXT DOOR AND THOSE OF THE
FLAMES YOU SEE THERE. IT IS
A TWO-STORY HOUSE. THESE
HOUSES ARE BUILT UP AN EXTRA
STORY BECAUSE IT IS A FLOOD
SITE. IT IS ACTUALLY TO
STORIES OF LIVABLE SPACE. IT
WILL BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR
THE FIREFIGHTERS TO FIGHT
THIS BECAUSE THE BOTTOM OF
THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN
BURNED OUT. WE CONTINUE TO
SEE FLAMES, A SPARK OF OUT
HERE. THE LAST COUPLE OF
MINUTES AGAIN SEE THE
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A LADDER
TRUCK OUT HERE. THEY'RE
HOPING TO POUR SOME WATER
DOWN FROM THE TOP ON TO THE
FIRE. WE HAD A CHANCE TO
TALK TO THE FIRE CHIEF
EARLIER THIS MORNING AND HE
TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
ISSUES THEY HAD WITH THE
FIRE.
>> AROUND 20 6:00 A.M. WE
GOT A REPORT OF THE
STRUCTURE FIRE. EIGHT
MINUTES LATER WE FOUND A
SINGLE STORY HOUSE FULLY
ENGULFED WITH FLAMES TENTING
ON THE TWO-STORY STRUCTURES
TO THE SIDE. WE WERE
STARTING TO WORK ON THAT AND
WE HAD A POWER LINE GO DOWN
WHICH HAMPERED OUR ABILITY
TO PROTECT ONE OF THE TWO-
STORY HOUSES WHICH
UNFORTUNATELY BEEN CAUGHT ON
FIRE. WE'RE STILL WORKING
ON THE FIRE ON THE TWO-STORY
HOUSE.
>> WE ARE BEING TOLD ONE OF
THE RESIDENCE SUSTAINED
MINOR SMOKE INHALATION AND
IS INJURIES. THEY HAVE BEEN
TRANSPORTED. ALMOST 4 1/2
HOURS AFTER THIS STARTED,
THEY ARE STILL TRYING OF THE
WATER ON THIS FIRE. IT DOES