Structure catches fire in Stockton

Structure catches fire in Stockton

Updated: 6:49 PM PDT Oct 18, 2022

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WE WANT TO GO BACK NOW TO OUR BREAKING NEWS IN STOCKTON, A LARGE FIRE ON NORTH STOCKTON STREET. AND WE HAVE BRITTNEY HOPE LIVE FOR US AT THE SCENE. WE CAN TELL BRITTNEY THIS IS A LARGE WOODEN STRUCTURE. CAN YOU GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT’S ON FIRE HERE? YEAH. SO THIS IS STOCKTON AND FREMONT STREET. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE AN AREA THAT REALLY HAS A LOT OF ABANDONED WAREHOUSES AND BUILDINGS. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU CAN FEEL THE HEAT FROM THIS FIRE. THIS IS ACTIVELY BURNING AS YOU CAN. CLEARLY SEE, EXPLAINING THE FLAME PATTERN A LITTLE BIT. THOSE FLAMES LOOK TO BE IN THE UPPER IN THE UPPER LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE FIRE KIND OF COMING OUT OF THE VERY TOP THERE, OUT OF THE ROOF IN THE TOP. AND YOU CAN SEE NOW FROM THE SIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE FIREFIGHTERS ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON THE EAST PART OF THE BUILDING. I THINK THAT’S WHERE THE HOTTEST PART OF THE BURN IS, BECAUSE THAT’S WHERE WE’VE BEEN SEEING THE MOST RESOURCES, FIRE HOSES REALLY GETTING AT THAT SIDE BECAUSE NOW YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES ARE COMING OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS WAREHOUSE. NOW, THIS ENTIRE AREA HAS FENCES AROUND IT. IT SAYS IT’S PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT LOOKS TO BE ABANDONED. OF COURSE, WE CAN’T GUARANTEE AND WE JUST DON’T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANYONE INSIDE WHILE THIS HAPPENED. I DO WANT TO NOTE, JUST LOOKING AROUND HERE, I DON’T SEE ANY AMBULANCE AS YET. IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANYONE IS RECEIVING ANY SORT OF MEDICAL CARE HERE ON THE GROUND. BUT AGAIN, I CAN TELL YOU THIS JUST HAPPENED. IN FACT, WE WERE LEAVING A CERTAIN PART OF STOCKTON AND WE SAW THIS SMOKE PLUME AND WE DROVE TO IT AND WE WERE AHEAD OF FIRE TRUCKS. FIRE TRUCKS, YOU KNOW, WE PULLED OVER AND THEN THEY PASSED US AND THEY GOT HERE. SO WE WERE FOLLOWING THEM INSIDE, JUST LOOKING AT THESE FLAMES, THOUGH, THEY ARE IN INCREDIBLY HOT AND YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE CAMERA, I’M NOT SURE JUST BECAUSE OF HOW DARK THAT SMOKE PLUME IS. IT’S INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO ELECTRIC LINES AND TO POWER POLES. THAT IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN, RIGHT NOW. SO WE ARE FAIRLY FAR BACK WHERE WE’RE AWAY FROM THOSE POLES. THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE, FOLKS WHO LIVE AND WORK NEARBY WHO ARE WATCHING THIS LIVE AS WELL. EVERYONE, THOUGH, KEEPING A SAFE DISTANCE. YOU ARE SEEING A FIREFIGHTER AT WORK. FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUING TO PULL THAT HOSE. WE SAW A FEW OF THEM THERE NOW STRETCHING IT AS LONG AS THEY CAN, REALLY FOCUSING AGAIN ON THE EAST PART OF THAT BUILDING. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE FLAMES RIGHT NOW ARE STARTING TO KICK UP A BIT. I’M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN HEAR IT THROUGH THE MICROPHONE, BUT WOW, IT’S SOUNDS ALMOST LIKE A STRONG WIND THAT IS PIERCING THROUGH THOSE FLAMES. IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US LIVE, I WANT TO REMIND YOU ON WHERE WE ARE. SO WE’RE ON STOCKTON AND FREMONT STREETS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS WAREHOUSE BEHIND US, THIS STRUCTURE, IS ACTIVELY BURNING. AND THIS JUST STARTED A FEW MOMENTS AGO. LOOK HOW HIGH THOSE FLAMES ARE. YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO POINT MY MICROPHONE TOWARD THE BUILDING TO SEE IF YOU CAN HEAR THE CRACKS AND GULSTAN DART WE’RE HEARING RIGHT NOW. LET’S TRY THIS. YEAH, WE CAN HEAR IT. YOU CAN HEAR A LITTLE BIT. YEAH. I MEAN, IT’S INCREDIBLE. AND THE HEAT THAT WE FEEL JUST ON OUR SAYS STANDING FAIRLY BACK AS WELL IS INCREDIBLE AT THIS POINT. I HAVEN’T HEARD ANY REPORTS ABOUT ANY POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA, BUT BOY, YOU CAN SEE THOSE FLAMES AS THEY GET HIGHER. THEY’RE GETTING EVEN CLOSER TO THOSE POWER LINES THERE, WHICH WE KNOW IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY CRITICAL. WE DON’T WANT THOSE TO CATCH EVERYONE. IS IT A FAR DISTANCE, THOUGH, RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT THE FLAME PATTERN? AGAIN, IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US, IT’S INCREDIBLY HOT ON THE UPPER LEVEL OF THIS TWO STORY STRUCTURE. THOSE FLAMES YOU CAN SEE NOW POURING OUT OF THAT ROOF EVEN MORE THAN JUST A MINUTE AGO FROM WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON CAMERA. AND THOSE FLAMES SEEM TO BE GETTING HIGHER AND HOTTER. THAT FIRE FIGHT CONTINUING REALLY ON THE EAST SIDE. YOU KNOW, I’M TRYING TO LOOK PAST THE BUILDING TO THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS GATED OFF. YEAH, IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE IT’S KIND OF BEEN ABANDONED. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT’S PARKED HERE. A FEW BOATS KIND OF OFF THE SIDE RIGHT NOW. WE CAN ALSO TELL YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE INCREDIBLE, YOU’RE ON THAT ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. WE CAN TELL YOU THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE WATER IS THE MORMON SLEW NEAR THE CHANNEL WHERE ALL OF THE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES ARE. AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH FROM WHAT WE CAN ASCERTAIN, NOT SURE, BUT THIS APPEARS TO JUST TO BE AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE SOME ABANDONED WOODEN BUILDINGS. RIGHT. JUST CONFIRMING WHAT YOU’VE SEEN THERE OUT THERE ON THE SCENE. BRITTANY, ANY SENSE OBVIOUSLY STRUCTURE PROTECTION FOR ANY SURROUNDING BUILDINGS WOULD BE TOP OF MIND FOR THE CREWS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT ELSE BE IN THAT AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BUILDING? I’M SURE IT THREATENING COLLAPSE UPS HERE AT SOME POINT. ABSOLUTELY. SO, YEAH. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS BUILDING IS REALLY CONNECTED TO WHATEVER THIS ABANDONED STRUCTURE IS. BUT IF WE KIND OF DO A 180 OVER THIS WAY AND YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA ARE THIS OUT OVER BEHIND THIS SCREEN DUMP TRUCK. THAT’S ACTUALLY A BUDGET RENTAL AREA AND A U-HAUL. AT FIRST WHEN WE WERE DRIVING OVER HERE WITH HOW THICK BLACK THAT SMOKE WAS, MAN, THAT WAS OUR FIRST FEAR THAT ALL THOSE U-HAUL WERE GOING UP. BUT AS SOON AS WE GOT HERE, WE SAW NO, IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE IT WAS VEHICLES. IN FACT, IT WAS THIS ONE STRUCTURE ON THE OTHER SIDE. AS GHOLSTON NOTED, IT IS THE RIVERFRONT OVER THERE, THE WATERFRONT. SO HOPEFULLY BACK THERE THERE WASN’T ANYTHING TOO MUCH AT RISK. BUT WE’RE REALLY CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN STOCKTON RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU’RE AT THE COURTHOUSE, IF YOU’RE DRIVING ON I-5, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THIS AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IT REALLY CLEARLY, IN FACT, THAT SMOKE NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THE WIND IS NOW PUSHING SOUTH. SO IS YOU’RE DRIVING EVEN SOUTH OF STOCKTON. I’M SURE YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS. IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I WANT TO DRAW THE ATTENTION BACK TO THE ROOF AREA. LOOKS LIKE THEY’RE STARTING TO GET A BETTER HOLD OF THOSE FLAMES. WE’RE NOT SEEING THEM POUR OUT OF THE ROOF LIKE WE WERE EVEN A MINUTE OR TWO AGO, YOU CAN SEE NOW THEY’RE MOVING. THAT WATER WAS REALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. NOW THEY’RE MOVING A LOT OF THE FIRE FIGHT TO THE NORTH SIDE JUST POUNDING THAT FRONT WITH WATER. BUT YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW QUICKLY IT WILL BE BEFORE THIS STRUCTURE LIKELY CRUMBLES OR DOES SOMETHING, WHICH AGAIN, IS WHY WE ARE KEEPING SUCH A FAR DISTANCE. THIS IS NOT STABLE. FIRE IS IN BOTH LEVELS OF THIS STRUCTURE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S COMPLETELY MADE OUT OF WOOD. I’M HERE WITH MY PHOTOGRAPHER AND HE’S NODDING ALONG WITH ME AS WELL. IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S AN OLDER WOODEN STRUCTURE, SO IT’S KIND OF A KINDLE BOX. I MEAN, THIS THING IS GOING REALLY, REALLY FAST. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME MORE FIRE CREWS ARE ACTUALLY ARRIVING. BUT I DO WANT TO JUST KIND OF UPDATE FOLKS WHO LIVE IN STOCKTON, WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA AND ARE SEEING THIS SMOKE AS OF THIS POINT, WE DON’T SEE ANY AMBULANCES IN THE AREA. WE DON’T SEE ANYONE WHO’S RECEIVING ANY SORT OF MEDICAL CARE. WE DON’T SEE ANYONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THEY NEED HELP, ANYONE WHO RAN OUT AT THIS POINT. THE MAIN FOCUS IS THAT FIREFIGHT, WHICH GIVES ME HOPE THAT NO ONE WAS INSIDE THERE. WE CAN TELL THAT THIS IS ABANDONED AT THIS POINT. WE DON’T SEE ANYONE RECEIVING THAT MEDICAL CARE. I DON’T SEE ANY MEDICS HERE OR ANY AMBULANCES EITHER. BUT AGAIN, THIS JUST STARTED REALLY WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES. SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AGAIN. BUT I JUST KNOW WHEN YOU’RE SEEING FLAMES LIKE THIS, WOW, YOUR FIRST CONCERN, OF COURSE, IS GOING TO BE THE SAFETY OF FOLKS AROUND TO FOLKS MORE WHO ARE HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE WATERFRONT. AND THEN NEXT TO THIS, ABOUT A BLOCK DOWN IS THE U-HAUL RENTAL AND THE BUDGET RENTAL AS WELL ON FREMONT AND STOCKTON STREETS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE ACTUALLY JUST SEEING OF COURSE. WOW. WHILE YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING INSIDE OF THERE, JUST CAUGHT A GOOD FLAME BECAUSE THAT JUST SENT A LARGE PLUME AND A LOT OF ASH FLYING INTO THE SKY THERE. THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS INCREDIBLY. YOU COULD FEEL THE HEAT. I’M SORRY. WHAT WERE YOU GOING TO ASK? OH, JUST POINTING OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE AN ABANDONED WAREHOUSE, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME VALUABLE BUSINESSES NEARBY. YOU MENTIONED THE U-HAUL DEALER. THERE’S AN AIR AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY, ALSO A FIVE STAR BOAT MARINA STORAGE. SO SOME SOME BOATS NEARBY. AND WE MAY HAVE SOME OWNERS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR VESSEL. YEAH, WE SAW JUST RIGHT ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY THERE. THERE’S A FENCE OVER THERE. AND JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S SOME BOATS BEING STORED THERE. IT’S INTERESTING THAT IT LOOKED LIKE FIREFIGHTERS WANTED TO OPEN THAT GATE, MAYBE TO LET SOME OF THOSE BOAT OWNERS WHO MAYBE SEEING THIS THINKING, OH, MY GOSH, THAT’S WHERE MY BOAT IS, LET THOSE BOAT OWNERS GET IN THERE AND MAYBE GET SOME OF THEIR BELONGINGS OUT BECAUSE THAT FIRE IS REALLY CLOSE. AND OF COURSE, THOSE BOATS WERE MADE OF FIBERGLASS. AND SOMETIMES HAVE A LOT OF GAS IN THEM. SO WOULDN’T TAKE MUCH TOO FOR THEM TO CATCH FIRE. BUT IT REALLY IS A QUIET YOU KNOW, THEY DID JUST OPEN THAT GATE. NOW, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. SORRY, SORRY. YES, GO SINGLE. I GO AHEAD. NO, I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THEM KIND OF PULL LINE AND PULLING HOSE. WHAT I’M THINKING MAY HAPPEN WITH THEM OPENING THAT GATE, TO BE HONEST, I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING TO LETTING FOLKS IN HERE ANY TIME SOON JUST BECAUSE OF HOW HOT AND HOW ACTIVE THIS FIRE IS BURNING. THEY’RE KEEPING KIND OF PEOPLE IN THE AREA WHO ARE WATCHING THIS AT BAY. I THINKING THEY’RE OPENING THAT TO MAYBE ASSIST WITH THE FIRE FIGHT BECAUSE YOU SEE ALL OF THAT HOSE THAT’S BEEN TAKEN OUT, THEY HAVEN’T STARTED USING THAT SECTION YET, THOSE EXTENSIONS. SO WHAT I WOULD PREDICT IS THEM GOING INSIDE JUST TO TACKLE THIS FIRE, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT ANGLE. AND HOPEFULLY I MEAN, IF THERE ARE PEOPLE INSIDE THERE, I’M I’M GOING TO STEP AWAY FROM THE CAMERA A LITTLE BIT AND JUST SEE IF I CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT’S ON THIS OTHER SIDE HERE. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE ARE SOME VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED, MAYBE SOME SMALLER BUSSES, AND THERE IS SOME BOAT STORAGE UNDER THE WAREHOUSE THAT’S JUST NORTH OF THIS KIND OF CADDY CORNER THAT’S BEHIND THAT GATE THERE. SO DEFINITELY SOME VALUABLE PROPERTY. AGAIN, JUST KIND OF TALKING ABOUT WHERE THAT WAS. SO THIS IS BEHIND THAT LEGEND, TRANSPORTATION INC TRUCK. THAT’S WHERE I JUST SAW A BUNCH OF BOATS. YOU CAN SEE A BUS RIGHT THERE. THERE IS THAT LARGE OVERHANG WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF IMPORTANT PROPERTY THAT IS UNDER THERE RIGHT NOW. AT THIS POINT, NONE OF THAT IS ON FIRE, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A FIRE THAT’S THIS ACTIVE, THAT CLOSE, I KNOW THAT’S A BIG CONCERN. AND SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT FIRE CREWS ARE NOW DOING. YES, EXACTLY. AS WE PREDICTED, YOU COULD SEE SOME FIRE CREWS KIND OF GOING INSIDE. THEY’RE STARTING TO ASSESS WHAT’S THOSE GATES AS SOON AS ANY OF THOSE VEHICLES OR BOATS OR STRUCTURES COULD CATCH FIRE, THAT THAT COULD MAKE THIS AN EVEN MORE DIRE SITUATION. WE’RE GOING TO TURN THE CAMERA NOW BACK AT THE FLAMES. THINGS ARE STARTING TO CALM DOWN. BUT I MEAN, JUST LOOKING AT THIS THIS, THIS ISN’T CALM. IT’S IT’S JUST FAIRLY CALMER THAN WHAT WE SAW A FEW MOMENTS AGO. I THINK A LOT OF THAT STRUCTURE HAS JUST BURNED. SO AT THIS POINT, IT’S SOME SMOLDERING, BUT THOSE TALL, DRAMATIC FLAMES THAT WE SAW WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, AT LEAST THIS MOMENT, SEEM TO HAVE TAMED BECAUSE THEY’RE NOW USING THOSE WATER HOSES ON ALMOST EVERY CORNER OF THE BUILDING FROM THE NORTH SIDE, THE NORTHEAST FACE AND THE EAST FACE. I’M SEEING ABOUT. AND I KNOW YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO SEE THIS ON CAMERA, BUT THERE’S ABOUT TEN FIREFIGHTERS BEHIND THAT FIRE TRUCK WHO ARE JUST PULLING NEW HOSE. THEY’RE SO IT LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, THEY’RE REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT EAST SIDE AND THEN GETTING CREWS AROUND BACK CLOSER TO WHERE THE WATERFRONT TO TACKLE IT FROM THERE AS WELL. AND IT’S BEEN BUILDING OVER THERE AS WELL. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, BRITTANY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS FIRE CREWS AGAIN ARE WORKING TO CONTAIN THIS TO JUST THE ONE ABANDONED WAREHOUSE. SO WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH MOR

Structure catches fire in Stockton

Updated: 6:49 PM PDT Oct 18, 2022

A structure fire in Stockton is causing a massive plume of smoke.The fire is on North Stockton and West Lindsay streets. There are several Stockton Fire Department personnel trying to extinguish the fire.It is unknown what caused the fire. This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.

STOCKTON, Calif. —

A structure fire in Stockton is causing a massive plume of smoke.

The fire is on North Stockton and West Lindsay streets. There are several Stockton Fire Department personnel trying to extinguish the fire.

It is unknown what caused the fire.

This is a developing story. Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest.