11:36 AM: One person was killed and two suffered smoke inhalation in a fire at an apartment building near St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco this morning.
The two-alarm fire was reported at 9:50 a.m. at a three-story, 12-unit building at 65 Cleary Court, off of Laguna Street.
Fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said the fire started in an apartment on the second floor and spread to a third-story unit.
The person who died was in the apartment on the second floor, she said.
Two men suffered from smoke inhalation but declined to be taken to a hospital, and one firefighter suffered a minor laceration, she said.
One of the victims, Bill Sargis, 72, said he was sleeping in his third-floor apartment when the fire started and was awakened by firefighters banging on his door.
He said that once he exited his bedroom he “couldn’t see anything there was smoke everywhere.”
Two firefighters helped him downstairs and outside, where he was checked out in an ambulance. He declined to be taken to a hospital.
Hubert Gronen, 60, of Germany, who is visiting San Francisco, said he is staying with a friend across the street from where the fire burned and was awakened by the sirens this morning. He looked outside and saw fire.
“I saw a solid wall of flames on the left side of the building,” Gronen said.
Firefighters spoke with 12 residents outside the building after the fire, but it is unclear how many people have been displaced, Talmadge said.
She said two apartments on the second and third floors sustained fire damage, and the first-floor apartment below them had water damage.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
10:23 AM: One person has died in a two-alarm fire at an apartment building near St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco this morning, according to the
fire department.
The fire was reported at 9:50 a.m. at an apartment building at 65 Cleary Court, firefighter Robyn Gralicer said.
Crews had water on the fire by 10:01 a.m., she said.
The fire has since been controlled.
A fire department employee confirmed that one person has died, and said it appears there is at least one injury.
10:20 AM: Firefighters are at the scene of a two-alarm fire near St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco.
The fire was reported at 9:50 a.m. at an apartment building at 65 Cleary Court, firefighter Robyn Gralicer said.
Crews had water on the fire by 10:01 a.m. and remain at the scene, she said.
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