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6:00 STARTS NOW.
>>> FIRE
INVESTIGATORS ARE ZEROING IN ON
WHAT CAUSE THIS
MASSIVE APARTMENT BUILDING FIRE
OF THIS BUILDING UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT SAN FRANCISCO'S
MISSION BAY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
TONIGHT WE ARE CLOSER TO SEE
WHAT
SPARKED THE FIRE.
FIRE CREWS REMAINED ON THE SCENE
PUTTING OUT HOT SPOTS.
TONIGHT WE BEGIN WITH OUR TEAM
COVERAGE WITH DAN, WHAT'S THE
LATEST?
>> Reporter: RENOW HAVE SOME
DEMOLITION GOING ON ON THE
LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AND
PIECES COMING DOWN.
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE PUSHING IN.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT
OF THE PIECES OF BUILDING COMING
DOWN
ON THE STREET.
TO THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THEM
PUTTING
WATER ON THE BUILDING AND HERE
COMES A HUGE PIECE
WHICH IS GOING TO COME DOWN
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S WHAT
THEY WERE CONCERNED WERE GOING
TO HAPPEN WHILE PEOPLE
WERE IN THE STREETS.
THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED TO TAKE
THIS
DOWN.
IN TERMS OF THE INVESTIGATION,
WE HAVE MORE FOR
YOU ON THAT, THEY'RE ZEROING IN
ON THAT.
>> THE DEMOLITION OF WHAT WAS TO
BE A 172 UNIT BUILDING
HAS BEGUN.
SOME 24 HOURS AFTER FIRE RACED
THROUGH THIS
CONSTRUCTION SITE TURNING THE
MB360 APARTMENTS TO
RUBBLES.
>> GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF FIRE
DAMAGED AND WATER BEING
APPLIED, IT WEAKENS THE
STRUCTURE FURTHER.
>> AND BECAUSE HOT SPOTS WERE
STILL PREVALENT, FIRE
INVESTIGATORS WERE KEPT AT BAY.
AUTHORITIES ARE ZEROING
IN ON THE CAUSE OF THIS 5-ALARM
FIRE.
>> THIS ORIGIN WHICH WAS DOWN ON
SOME OF THE UPPER
FLOORS, THERE WERE SOME TORCHING
AND SOME WORK BEING
DONE.
THEY GOT OFF AROUND 3:30 OR
4:00.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE LOOKING
AT.
IT IS PRELIMINARY, IT IS STILL
APART OF OUR
INVESTIGATION.
>> MORE THAN 150 FIREFIGHTERS
BATTLING THE BLAZE AND THEY
WERE SUCCESSFUL AND THANKS IN
PARTS OF THE CALM WINDS
AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE
APARTMENT COMPLEX SITS
ALONE ON THE ENTIRE BLOCK.
TWO BUILDINGS HAD TO BE
EVACUATED AND 30 UNITS IN THE
STRATA BUILDING ACROSS THE
STREET SUFFERING DAMAGE.
>> THE WINDOWS BREAKING AND THE
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
ACTIVATED SO THERE IS SOME WATER
DAMAGE IN ABOUT 30 OF
THOSE UNITS.
>> Reporter: WE ARE BACK LIVE,
AGAIN, THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO
MAKE THE STREETS SAFE AND TO
MAKE THE APARTMENT
BUILDINGS NEAR BY SAFE.
FIRE CREWS LAUNCHED PART OF THE
BUILDING DEMOS BEFORE THEY ALLOW
PEOPLE BACK ONTO THE
BUILDINGS AND ONTO THE STREETS.