2:25 PM: A fire at a home in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood this morning left one person seriously injured, displaced four others and caused an estimated $1 million in damage.
The fire was reported at 9:17 a.m. at a three-story home at 1351 44th Ave. that had been divided into three living units, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
“I saw smoke coming from the home,” said Diana Urman, who lives across the street. She said she spoke with one of the residents.
“The man living in the top unit was barefoot and holding his baby,” she said.
Urman said the man and his child had been home when the fire started.
“His wife must have heard of the fire because she came running up the street,” she said.
The fire apparently started in an elderly woman’s unit on the second floor of the home, San Francisco fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
Talmadge said a lamp had fallen over and ignited some of the woman’s belongings.
The woman was found unconscious in the hallway of her apartment. She suffered severe smoke inhalation from the blaze, which burned mostly in a bedroom, Talmadge said.
“It’s a pretty serious case of smoke inhalation, which could also mean airway burns,” Talmadge said.
The fire caused an estimated $750,000 in damage to the structure, including smoke damage throughout the attic and water damage to the roof, making the building uninhabitable, she said.
The blaze also destroyed about $250,000 of the occupants’ belongings, Talmadge said.
Firefighters put out the fire by 9:51 a.m., Posey said. Four engines and two trucks responded.
The four people displaced, three adults and one infant, were referred to the American Red Cross for alternative housing.
Officials could not comment on the victim’s condition.
No other injuries have been reported.
12:23 PM: A San Francisco resident was seriously injured and four others displaced by a fire at a home in the Outer Sunset neighborhood this morning, fire officials said.
A resident at 1353 44th Ave. was taken to St. Francis Memorial Hospital because of smoke inhalation from a fire reported at 9:17 a.m., firefighter Al Posey said.
“It’s a pretty serious case of smoke inhalation, which could also mean airway burns,” San Francisco fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
Officials could not comment on the victim’s condition.
Talmadge said three adults and one child were displaced by the blaze, which burned mostly in the bedroom. The American Red Cross was called to assist the residents in finding alternative housing.
Firefighters put out the fire by 9:51 a.m., Posey said. Four engines and two trucks responded.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but Talmage said it appears to be accidental.
No other injuries have been reported.
A damage estimate was not immediately available.
10:23 AM: Firefighters are at the scene of a one-alarm fire that has injured one person in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood this morning, a dispatcher said.
Crews received a report at 9:17 a.m. that a home at 1353 44th Ave. was on fire, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
Four engines are at the scene of the blaze, which has caused one injury, a San Francisco fire dispatcher said.
The fire was still not under control as of 9:50 a.m., but it has not threatened any neighboring structures, the dispatcher said.
Saul Sugarman, Bay City News
