Tag: arson
Man arrested following series of early morning fires (updated)
November 18, 2016
UPDATE 12/5/16: Police have released the name of the man they say is responsible for a recent string of arson fires around the Mission. Michael Boyle, 41, of San Francisco, was arrested near 19th and Florida streets at around 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, and believed responsible for 11 arson fires in the Mission and […]
Car doused in liquid, burned near Dolores Park
July 20, 2016
Someone set fire to a parked car in the Mission early Tuesday morning after dousing the hood with a flammable liquid, police said. The car fire, which a reader alerted me to in the comments of recent post about a vehicle fire on Capp Street, occurred at 6:15 a.m. on the 200 block of Dorland […]
Cars torched in the Mission following rash of vehicle arson fires
December 17, 2014
Someone set four vehicles ablaze in the Mission early Wednesday morning, adding to a recent spate of suspicious car fires around the city. Since early September, there have been reports of more than two dozen arson fires involving cars in different parts of San Francisco, according to the police and the city’s DataSF site. The […]
Hot shit
November 5, 2014
Just before midnight Tuesday, officers responded to the 1500 block of Valencia Street where they found a port-a-potty* on fire. San Francisco firefighters extinguished the blaze. Police have no suspects. *Photo not the targeted toilet.