Tag: fire

Car doused in liquid, burned near Dolores Park

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 […]

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Doc’s Clock, El Rio fundraisers to benefit Mission Street fire victims

Want to help victims of Saturday’s massive Mission Street fire? Two local bars are hosting upcoming fundraising events. El Rio and Doc’s Clock are hosting benefits – one this week, the other the next – with proceeds going to the 57 people displaced by the 5-alarm fire at 29th and Mission streets. Authorities have not […]

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5-alarm fire rages on Mission Street

#Mfire UPDATE avoid smoke close Windows and doors pic.twitter.com/hq9FxLchwg — San Francisco Fire (@sffdpio) June 18, 2016 UPDATE 6:32 p.m.: A fire department spokesman said the fire is now contained.  ORIGINAL POST: Firefighters are still working to contain a 5-alarm fire at 29th and Mission streets this afternoon, which grew to involve six buildings, authorities said. […]

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Problematic until the end, fire damaged building comes down

After two more fires broke following a January 2015 blaze that killed a man and injured six, the three-story mixed use building at 22nd and Mission streets has finally come down. But much like things have progressed since last year’s deadly blaze, the demolition did not exactly go smoothly as planned. During the tear down, […]

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For the second day in a row, a fire in the Mission

A day after fire damaged two 17th Street apartment buildings, firefighters again found themselves battling a blaze in the Mission this morning. The two-alarm blaze broke out just after 9:30 a.m. in a four-story residential building on San Jose Avenue near 24 Street, according to a fire department spokesman. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries in […]

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Two buildings damaged in three-alarm fire in the Mission (updated)

On my way to work a bunch of fire trucks passed us up to help out with this… Mission fire on 17th and Guerrero pic.twitter.com/s2KR7OFyba — Katherine Toyoko (@PaperGatti) April 21, 2016 Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire this morning that damaged two apartment buildings near 17th and Guerrero streets. The fire, reported sometime around 8:34 […]

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Mission building burns for the second time

Lightning may never strike twice, but it seems fire can. Late last night, flames broke out in what remained of a three-story building at Mission and 22nd streets, which had sat vacant since a deadly blaze there in January 2015. The fire broke out just before 11:30 p.m. and was brought under control in about […]

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Suspicious fire destroys cars, tent on Folsom Street

Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire in the Mission early Wednesday morning that damaged three cars, destroyed a tent and scorched the side of an adjacent building. The fire broke out some time before 3:15 a.m. on Folsom Street, near 22nd, according to San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Jonathan Baxter. One of the cars was […]

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Fire Department: Nothing sinister behind recent Mission fires

“Arson” may be spray painted in giant pink letters on fencing around the recently demolished Rolling Stock tire store, but that wasn’t behind a devastating fire there last month, authorities said. San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said there was no foul play in that Nov. 8 fire or the Dec. 10 blaze that […]

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10 homeless after fire at former Palace Steak House

Two people were rescued after a fire broke out early this morning at the former site of the Palace Steak House, fire officials said. At 3:24 a.m., firefighters were called to 3047 Mission St., a mixed-use building near Cesar Chavez, where they rescued two people trapped on a second-floor balcony using a 22-foot ladder, according […]

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