fire.9.10.10.jpg9:21 AM: KRON4 broadcast confirms that due to smoke hazards from an underground vault fire, Montgomery continues to be closed at Bush, and Sutter’s closed for a block on each side of Montgomery.

8:48 AM: A tipster texts “Montomery closed at Bush. Lots of PGE trucks everywhere.” According to PG&E, the issue is burning secondary mains at Sutter and Montgomery.

After sending personnel to the scene (that’s the “lots of PGE trucks” our tipster noted) PG&E says “(t)he secondary mains have been isolated and the fire is out.”

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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