March 17, 2008
Fire On Valencia And 25th
Are you also hearing helicopters and sirens in the Mission? Per KRON 4 (and the Chron), there's a four alarm fire at Valencia and 25th, which is in a residential building. The reporter on the scene saw some people coming out on stretchers and from the ambulances we're hearing, it sounds like people are going to the hospital. We'll do some more research on this online and report back with links and pictures when we find any. Leaning out our window, we can report that the smoke coming from the building looks bad.
Update: Chron says the fire is near the Dovre Club, which is filled with folks celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
Still looking for pictures, but it looks like there was a fire on that same block a few weeks ago.
Found a picture, at ABC 7. Video footage from CBS 5 is here. It looks like the smoke is dying down, from our window at least.
A much better picture of the fire than the one we swiped off ABC 7, by reader Chris R, off flickr. Thanks, Chris!
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4 alarm fire according to CBS 5.
Lots of photos over at Flickr. Search for Mission Fire.
http://picasaweb.google.com/valenciafire/20080317ValenciaFire
Caught that link from sfgate. Total buzzkill for the folks who live there. Good luck.
I seriously hope these tenants have Renters insurance... I've been through a major fire recently and we'd've been so totally screwed without it. All these folks have my sympathy, going through a fire is terrible. :(
"we'd've"???
I feel so bad for those who were impacted.
E.T. is right about renter's insurance. Every tenant should try to get it if $$$ possible.
It covers your stuff if you get to be the victim of a fire, but very importantly it covers you if YOU start the fire even by accident.
Owner's insurance pays for rebuilding, then if you are liable the owner's insurance company generally sues you for repayment.
Same applies for all the other tenants in the building who have insurance. They get paid you get sued.
UGLY. I don't think a lot of people understand this.
Rita- maybe a piece on this when you update the story today?