Some families who were displaced by a fire in their Inner Sunset apartment building Saturday were able to return Sunday, but others required assistance from the American Red Cross.
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The American Red Cross has opened a shelter Sunday night to accommodate the more than 60 residents displaced this morning by a fire at 347 Eddy Street.
As of 6 p.m. Sunday, 65 out of the more than 120 residents in the building had requested assistance from the Red Cross. A shelter has been established at the City of Refuge church at 1025 Howard St.
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More than two dozen people were displaced by an apartment fire Sunday in the Tenderloin, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
The blaze likely was caused by a cigarette dropped into a lightwell, fire officials said.
The inferno at the six-story, 40-unit apartment building at 347 Eddy St. was reported just after 8 a.m., a dispatcher said. It was brought under control at about 10:30 a.m.
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Firefighters put out an apartment fire in San Francisco's Inner Richmond district Sunday morning, a fire official said.
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An explosion reported in San Francisco's Upper Market neighborhood Tuesday night appears to have been caused by a transformer, according to a fire dispatcher.
Emergency crews responded to an area near Portola Drive and Market Street at around 10:30 p.m.
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A four-alarm fire in San Francisco’s Lower Haight neighborhood Tuesday displaced more than a dozen residents.The blaze was reported at 4:08 p.m. at a three-story building on the corner of Haight and Fillmore streets and was under control by 5:15 p.m.No injuries were reported, a fire dispatcher said.
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When Pierre Pegeron saw flames shooting out the windows of the building across from his business Tuesday, he didn’t think -- he acted.
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Firefighters continue to battle a fire that has grown to four alarms in San Francisco's Lower Haight neighborhood.The blaze was reported at 4:08 p.m. at a three-story building on the corner of Haight and Fillmore streets.No injuries have been reported, a fire dispatcher said. Flames and smoke were no longer visible as of 5:45 p.m., but firefighters are still on the scene putting out hot spots, according to fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge.
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Gene O’Neil and his carpool buddy were inching across the Bay Bridge toward home when he first saw a smudge of black rise from the horizon. Only a moment later, his friend received a text saying a plane had crashed into San Bruno.
As O’Neil started to call his daughter, whom he’d spoken to just a few minutes before about dinner plans, another text came through.
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A one-alarm fire damaged a computer lab at a children's center in San Francisco early Sunday morning, fire officials said.Firefighters went to the Children's Council of San Francisco at 455 Church Street on a report of fire at 12:50 a.m., according to the fire department.Initial reports were that the building was affiliated with nearby Mission High School, which was inaccurate, according to dispatch.
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