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Oh yikes, folks. According to our increasingly favorite Twitter account to follow, Emergency_In_SF, they've got word (via timmysanfran) that there's a fire, possibly caused by an explosion, at Market (near Fourth Street) next to the massive Ross store.
Check it:
"Emergency_In_SF: @timmysanfran is reporting "fire at the Ross on 4th and market. 4th street is filled with smoke down to mission."
More info as it comes in to us.
Update 10:35: SFist commenter kindle writes, "Looks like people have gone back into the building but billows of smoke are still coming out from the 4th street side. It smells pretty awful!" Sounds like another manhole explosion, right?
Update 10:43: According to ActionNewsSF, "@apparentlymatt says no 30 or 45 [Muni bus lines] south of Market." Traffic is also shutdown at the Market and Fourth street area too.
Update 10:50: KRON 4 confirms it as an "underground fire," going on to say that Fourth Street (near Market) is closed.
Update 10:56: PG&E crews are on the scene and the fire is out. This most recent underground explosion comes on the heels of the Tenderloin vault fire, which happened last month. It sounds like, once again, PG&E has some explaining to do.
Update 1:02: SFist commenter FYoCouch247 says that "[r]eports have it where there is no power within a few blocks of the smoke, DPT has shut down the streets between 4th and 5th. MUNI has a bus bridge for their...bus lines. PG&E trucks are flooding into the
area and the SFFD PIO is on the scene."
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another one?! did we ever find out what caused the one on polk street? we're all going to die.
Excellent question, oskarv...As Brock said "It sounds like, once again, PG&E has some explaining to do."
So, what was the deal with the Polk/O'Farrell vault? And will we ever find out about this one?
I work across the street from all the action. Looks like people have gone back into the building but billows of smoke are still coming out from the 4th street side. It smells pretty awful!
I just walked by and it seems like the smoke is coming out of a manhole on the street- is that right? I figured if the fire were in the Ross basement, the employees would have been evacuated but they were all clearly still hanging around inside.
As clever as 'timmysantran' would be for someone in the LBGT community, it's really 'timmysanfran'.
I was bicycling right next to that truck when the *boom* happened. I though something fell off that truck.
The info I have thus far is a transformer blew near the Ross building.
PG&E: Blowing up San Francisco one block at a time!
Polyester hotpants. That's my guess as to the where the action started.
Yes, it's another Ross fashion disaster, this time with more severe consequences.
Sorry about that guys. I totally thought I could fit into a size 12 but there was just too much friction.
Here in the IT department PG&E's maintenance policy has worked well for us:
- First: fix equipment that is on fire.
- Second: fix equipment that was on fire last week.
- Third: lunch!
KTVU is reporting 30, 45 and 9x are all jacked up. Multiple explosions from multiple manholes.
Haha, I said "manhole"
Yes, PG&E has a LOT of explaining to do. This is becoming a regular event that effects public safety. I wonder if this will raise new questions about the city and public power. Maybe if PG&E spent more money on their electrical systems and less on ballot measures we'd have a reliable electrical system.
Reports have it where there is no power within a few blocks of the smoke, DPT has shut down the streets between 4th and 5th. MUNI has a bus bridge for their...bus lines. PG&E trucks are flooding into the area and the SFFD PIO is on the scene.
Translation--Oops.
If anything, I'd stay the hell away from the area. The vault explosion on Polk turned into a blowtorch some time after crews arrived on the scene...remember the melted cones?