At least two families were displaced after a fire broke out in an Inner Sunset building Saturday.San Franciso Fire Department exptinguised the fire at 350 Judah St., near the intersection of 9th Ave., shortly after 2 p.m., according to fire dispatch. Read More
A three-alarm fire caused more than $1.4 million in damage to two residential buildings near San Francisco General Hospital on Saturday night, a fire department spokeswoman said today.The blaze was reported at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday at 1368 Utah St., a block and a half south of the hospital, and spread to an adjacent building, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. Read More
An elderly woman died from an apparent homicide in Bernal Heights on Friday night after paramedics and police grappled with a knife-wielding suspect who had stabbed himself in the neck, authorities said.Ingleside police reported that officers responded to the 200 block of Justin Drive at 9:20 p.m. to assist the Fire Department with someone who had a knife. At the time, Fire Department paramedics were trying to revive an unconscious victim at the scene, police said. Read More
Firefighters are at the scene of a two-alarm house fire in Oakland this morning, an Oakland fire dispatcher said.The blaze was reported at 7:01 a.m. in the 2400 block of Renwick Street, the dispatcher said. Read More
Fire Department officials say they will challenge $21,000 in state fines for safety violations during a June blaze that resulted in the deaths of two firefighters.
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health notified the department of the “serious” violations on Nov. 25, but fire officials said Friday that they plan to appeal the findings, which conflict with an internal investigation that is still under way. Read More
An investigation into the deaths of two local firefighters has resulted in $21,000 in fines leveled against the San Francisco Fire Department for failure to follow its own safety policies.The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health notified the department of the fines on Nov. 25. Fire officials said on Friday that they have yet to complete their own internal investigation and plan to appeal the Cal OSHA decision. Read More
Firefighters quickly extinguished a one-alarm fire at a home in San Francisco’s Laurel Heights neighborhood this morning, fire officials said.The blaze was reported at 8:29 a.m. at a three-story house at 656 Spruce St. Firefighters extinguished the fire shortly before 9 a.m.No one was injured, but seven people have been displaced from the home, according to the fire department.The cause of the blaze had not been determined as of this morning. Read More
Four people were injured, two critically, in a two-alarm fire in San Francisco’s Mission district early this morning, fire department officials said.The blaze was reported around 4:30 a.m. in a rear unit on the top floor of a three-story apartment building at 3360 24th St., near Bartlett Street, according to the fire department.Firefighters battled strong winds but were able to control the fire in about an hour. Read More
An elderly man was seriously hurt Thursday morning when a car hit him as he was crossing a busy thoroughfare in the Richmond District, authorities said.The 85-year-old man was walking in the crosswalk across Geary Boulevard at 10th Avenue just before 8 a.m. when a Toyota sport utility vehicle making a turn hit him, Fire Department spokeswoman Lt. Mindy Talmadge said. Read More
A disabled woman suffered life-threatening injuries in a house fire in San Francisco’s Mission Terrace neighborhood on Wednesday night, a fire department spokeswoman said today.The two-alarm fire was reported at 8:29 p.m. at a two-story home at 160 Santa Rosa Ave., fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.Firefighters arrived and found flames and smoke coming from the garage and front door of the home, and were told there was a disabled woman upstairs, Talmadge said. Read More
