Fire in San Francisco believed to have ignited at homeless encampment; blaze has since been extinguished. https://t.co/V3X2cL8V1E pic.twitter.com/1FYVHdgPEM
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) July 19, 2017
The San Francisco Fire Department swiftly extinguished a fire at a Mission Bay-area homeless encampment, but not before the blaze sent a plume of dark smoke into the skies over the city.
Looking into this fire right now, just captured on one of our #SanFrancisco traffic cameras. Calls in to SF Fire, updates to come... pic.twitter.com/ryF3Siahhf
— Sam Brock (@SamNBCBayArea) July 19, 2017
KRON 4 reports that the fire broke out at around 6:45 a.m. at a homeless encampment in the area of Seventh and Berry Streets.
According to the Chron, the fire burned "several tents clustered in the area" before it was extinguished by the SFFD at 7:30 a.m.
Fire at a homeless encampment at 7th and Berry in #SanFrancisco. @CBSSF pic.twitter.com/zqhNrzxvKZ
— Anne Makovec (@AnneMakovec) July 19, 2017
NBC Bay Area reports that firefighters remain at the location to clean up the scene.
As of publication time, no injuries had been reported as a result of the blaze. According to the SFFD, the cause of the blaze remains unknown.
