Update 9: 30 a.m.
A fire that began at 6:30 a.m. somewhere near 14th Street and Shotwell quickly escalated from a second to a five-alarm fire, injuring one firefighter and displacing some 100 workers, Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson told reporters this morning. The fire has damaged or destroyed six buildings in the area between South Van Ness and Folsom and 13th and 14th Streets.
The firefighter went to ZSFGH with moderate injuries.
The fire is “75 percent contained,” Nicholson said at 8:45 a.m. Some 160 firefighters and 60 pieces of equipment remain on the scene that encompasses several warehouses and other commercial buildings. It’s unclear where the fire started, she said.
“Our members have done an incredible job out here this is what we train for, this is why we train,” said Nicholson. “It may look like a whole lot of spaghetti on the ground and everything else but these folks know exactly what they are doing.”
The Deputy Chief of Operations, Victor H. Wyrsch, described a rapidly changing scene with the fire going ” From a first, second, third, fourth, very quick…. we had a huge problem of power lines on the street side. We actually had transformers blowing on the ground and I had to back everybody up. We had to reposition as it was proceeding to get to the third building and then another in the fourth building at that time.”
Drone shot of the 5th alarm fire. It is sad to see the damage to these well established businesses in the #Mission Dist. @MLNow @LondonBreed pic.twitter.com/CGHQErqk16
— San Francisco Firefighters 798 (@SFFFLocal798) July 28, 2020
Update 8:27 a.m.
One firefighter has been injured this morning in a five-alarm fire that has already damaged six buildings on or near 140 14th St. and burned through one building immediately to the west. The firefighter has been taken to the trauma center at ZSFGH, according to Lt. Jonathan Baxter who will be giving a briefing at 8:45 a.m.
The fire started at one of the warehouses at 140 14th St. where Shotwell runs into 14th Street.
South Van Ness appears blocked off between 16th and 13th Streets. There’s still lots of smoke, but the fire appears to be under control at this time.
Facing East from the intersection of 14th and Mission St. Photo by Julian Mark
Update 8:05 a.m.
The fire has been upgraded to a five-alarm fire. The fire appears to have originated at Bartfeld Sales, a wholesale building supplier at 140 14th St. It has spread to the building immediately to the west, which at one time was a Cafe Gratitude outpost.
Mercedes has proposed leveling the three warehouses owned by Bartfeld, which has been there since 1982 and putting in a storage and service facility.
A man who said he was the owner or Barfeld is on the scene, but declined to talk.
A worker in one of the warehouses said the fire might have started behind the warehouse. One of the parking lots was filled with pallets and wires.
Bartfeld Sales, Feb. 2018. Photo by Lydia Chávez
Location of the fire. Scr
BIG fire on 14th and Shotwell right now. Trying to confirm what this building was. Right across the street from Foods Co pic.twitter.com/3lZIGd2LK7
— Julian Mark (@badjujusf) July 28, 2020
Update 7:41 a.m.
Julian Mark is on the scene and reports that the fire appears to be at 13th and Shotwell, possibly an auto repair shop.
Christian Rizo, who lives a block away, believes it’s been burning for an hour. A neighbor knocked on his door 30 minutes ago and it was already full of flames when he started watching 30 minutes ago.
“There’s no stopping it,” Rizo said.
David Pang, who lives on Shotwell between 14 and 15th, said that he heard a transformer explosion around 7:10 a.m. or 7:15 a.m. It was loud enough to wake him up.He’s unclear if that was the cause of the fire, but power on his block has gone out.
“The fire was a lot bigger — you could feel the heat. It was so big you couldn’t get within 50 ft,” said Pang who has also been watching for 30 minutes.
The fire has spread to a neighboring building to the west. What is or used to be Cafe Gratitude
7:27 a.m.
The San Francisco Fire Department reports a second alarm fire at 13th and Folsom and is asking residents to avoid the area. Mission Local has a reporter en route.
Massive fire at 13th and Folsom right now #sffire #KTVU pic.twitter.com/IkzefwgqFh
— James Park (@fourblocks) July 28, 2020
I'm standing at 13th and South Van Ness under the Central Freeway pic.twitter.com/L3HQkQcseX
— John Ferrannini (@jferrnews) July 28, 2020
From Bernal. Photo by Lola M. Chavez
We will update this story as we get more information.
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