Electrical panel smoke, fire causes alarm at City Hall

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Electrical panel smoke, fire causes alarm at City Hall

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Any fire caused by the problem with the electrical panel was extinguished by City Hall's sprinkler system.

The San Francisco Fire Department responded to reports of smoke in City Hall tonight, a dispatcher said.

Firefighters were called to City Hall at 9:26 p.m. on reports of smoke and arrived to find that the building's sprinkler system had been activated. The smoke had come from a problem with an electrical panel, according to fire officials, and PG&E crews were called to the scene.

Minimal fire units remain there tonight. Any fire was handled by the sprinklers, according to the Fire Department.

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