Elsewhere: 1 missing, 12 displaced after fire in SF ABC7
9:29 AM: Twelve people were displaced by a one-alarm fire that damaged a home in San Francisco’s Outer Mission District this morning.
The fire was reported at a home at 85 Caine Ave. at 3:56 a.m., fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. It was controlled at 5:13 a.m.
A firefighter and a resident were transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. The firefighter suffered a laceration and the resident was treated for smoke inhalation, Talmadge said.
The American Red Cross is assisting the displaced residents.
Talmadge said some residents at the home claimed that another occupant had deliberately started the fire, but that person has gone missing.
The cause is under investigation and arson is considered a possibility, Talmadge said.
5:35 AM: Firefighters in San Francisco remain at the scene of a structure fire that burned in the city’s outer Mission District this morning.
Units responded to fire reported in a home at 85 Caine Ave. at around 4 a.m., a dispatcher with the San Francisco Fire Department said.
The blaze burned for more than an hour and was brought under control at around 5:15 a.m., the dispatcher said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
Firefighters remained at the scene conducting an investigation at 5:30 a.m.
