8/31 11:56 AM: A four-alarm fire that damaged seven warehouses in an industrial area of San Francisco’s Bayview District on Sunday injured one firefighter and one police officer, fire spokeswoman Lt. Mindy Talmadge said.
The fire was reported at about 10:50 a.m. Sunday at 1526 Wallace Ave., and spread to three other buildings on Wallace Avenue and three on Van Dyke Avenue.
Talmadge said the blaze started in a furniture refurbishing company along an industrial avenue that is also home to a roofing company and the Golden Gate Woodturning Co. Marco Castillo, the owner of the wood shop, said that there were some areas inside the warehouse that firefighters were having difficulty accessing today.
The fire has been contained, but still had not been controlled as of 10:45 a.m. today.
A firefighter and police officer were transported to a hospital after suffering minor injuries but have since been released, Talmadge said.
Marijuana was found growing in one of the buildings, and police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said the Police Department’s narcotics unit is investigating the find.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
8:19 PM: Firefighters have contained a four-alarm fire that damaged seven warehouses in an industrial area of San Francisco’s Bayview District, but the fire has not been completely controlled as of 8 p.m. today, fire Lt. Ken Smith said.
The fire was reported at about 10:50 a.m. at 1526 Wallace Ave., and spread to three other buildings on Wallace Avenue and three others on Van Dyke Avenue, according to Smith.
The fire has been contained, but because it is at a large warehouse that might be unsafe to enter, Smith said no crews are going inside the building to extinguish the blaze.
“All we can do is put a lot of water on it until we get it out,” he said.
Marijuana was found growing in one of the buildings, and police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said the Police Department’s narcotics unit is investigating whether it is an illegal grow operation.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to Smith.
4:43 PM: A four-alarm fire continues to burn this afternoon in an industrial area of San Francisco’s Bayview District and authorities are investigating a possible marijuana grow operation in a building damaged by the blaze, police Sgt. Wilfred Williams said.
The fire was reported at about 10:50 a.m. at 1526 Wallace Ave., and has spread to at least two other buildings in the 1500 block of the street, according to Williams.
Marijuana was found growing in one of the buildings, and Williams said the Police Department’s narcotics unit is investigating whether it is an illegal grow operation.
The blaze was still burning at about 4:20 p.m. and Williams did not know when crews expected to have the fire under control.
The cause of the fire is under investigation, he said.
1:27 PM: A fire burning in San Francisco’s Bayview District since late this morning has been escalated to four alarms, a fire dispatcher said.
The blaze was reported around 11 a.m. at 1526 Wallace Ave., the dispatcher said, and it has reportedly spread to five buildings.
11:29 AM: Firefighters are battling a three-alarm fire in San Francisco this morning, a fire dispatcher said.
The blaze was reported at 1526 Wallace Ave. in the city’s Bayview District around 11 a.m., according to the dispatcher.
