SF News Someone Is Trying To Burn Down Novato Novato has been terrorized by 50 separate, small, suspected arson fires in the last three days, most of which have been in garbage cans or on small, four-square-foot patches of grass or brush.
SF News Porta-Potties Set Ablaze in Castro District Harkening back to the days of the toilet torcher, two portable poopers were set on fire Sunday night in the city's Castro district. "One of the toilets was at 18th and Sanchez streets,
SF News Suspicious Fire Displaces 25 North Beach Residents Late last night around 12:40 a.m. a 2-alarm fire was reported on Powell Street between Vallejo and Green in North Beach. SFFD responders had the fire under control by 12:55
SF News Video: Man Engulfed In Flames, Running Out of SoMa Porn Store You've been waiting a week for low-grade security footage from that spontaneous combustion in a SoMa porn store. And here it is. Enjoy it, in all its naked glory. (Sidenote: what is that
SF News Man 'Engulfed In Flames' Runs Out Of SoMa Porn Store [Updated] A man remains in the hospital with third-degree burns after somehow catching fire inside a SoMa porn booth. The fire occurred at an adult arcade at Sixth and Mission streets a little after
misc Castro Arson Fires Prompt Awesome Fundraiser for Displaced Victims Please, please, please join us at The Lookout on Tuesday, February 15, for a fundraiser to benefit the displaced residents of the Castro arson fires. As many of you know, four fires in
SF News Serial Arsonist on Loose in Castro as Fourth Blaze Breaks Out in Two Days Just a week after a homeless man was arrested for screaming that he was going to set the whole neighborhood ablaze, Castro residents are freaking over the fourth suspected arson in the area
SF News SFFD Suspects Foul Play in Multiple Early Morning Castro Fires Sounds like a hectic morning for the Fire Department as three separate fires broke out in the Castro - all around 16th and Market and all within an hour of each other between
SF News Female Body Found In Burning Car In Lower Haight Overnight Around 3:30 a.m. last night firefighters responded to reports of a burning car at Webster and Rose Streets (between Page and Haight). A two-door gray Pontiac was fully engulfed in flames,
SF News Bernal Hill Grass Fire Under Investigation Oh dear. A small grass fire broke out on Bernal Hill on Thursday night. According to SF Appeal, "The fire was reported at about 9:30 p.m. on Bernal Hill...It was
SF News Berkeley Sees String of 12 Arson Fires Since Friday, parts of Berkeley (especially areas near the UCB campus) have played host to a series of 12 small arson fires. According to the Daily Californian, "The fires have damaged three automobiles,
SF News Police Get Serious About Fireworks Season God, do we miss buying and igniting fireworks. So much third-degree fun, so deeply missed. SF Weekly reminds us that, starting this month until July 4, police are busting folks for firework possession.
SF News Man Arrested In Connection with Mission Apartment Fire Police arrested Willie Tucker, 56, yesterday for allegedly setting fire to an apartment building at 2949 18th St. at about 8 a.m. on Jan. 28. Tucker, a transient gentleman, it seems, set
SF News Arsonist Torches San Francisco Mailboxes Mean! Police are investigating two fires set inside USPS mailboxes set Wednesday night. The first fire, according to reports, occurred "in a mailbox standing near the corner of Sansome and Bush streets at
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again! We're receiving word that the porta-potty arsonist otherwise known as the Toilet Torcher (or a copycat) lit another porta-potty on fire last night around 10:20 p.m. in the Laurel Heights neighborhood,
SF News Carsonist Strikes In Richmond Again A car fire in the city of Richmond last night is, presumably, related to the other car fires sweeping the East Bay. KTVU reports: :Units responded to reports of a vehicle fire in
SF News Carson: San Pablo, 2 Cars More vehicles were set ablaze in the recent string of car fire hitting the Bay Area. BCN reports, "The fires were reported at around 2:15 a.m. in the 2100 block of
SF News Carsonist Sets Two Vehicles Ablaze In SOMA Two vehicles had to be extinguished by firefighters this morning in the city's South of Market District. According to Appeal/BCN, "Units responded to Jessie and Sixth streets at around 5:15 a.
SF News Richmond, SF Play Host to More Car Fires Well, this is getting downright creepy. Two "deliberately set" cars were set ablaze last night in the city of Richmond. BCN reports, that "[t]he first occurred at a home in the 600
SF News Carsonist Torches Three More Autos The carsonist -- or a copycat carsonist, or a copycat copycatting the copycat carsonist -- stuck three times in the Easy Bay last night. Three evening car fires hit San Pablo, and authorities
SF News Toilet Torcher Makes A Comeback Let's face it, the Carsonist has been a pale imitation of the infamous Toilet Torcher. Which is why we were amused to hear that the Toilet Torcher (or a copycat) made a dramatic
SF News Carsonist Torches Auto In El Sobrante While we can't say for certain that this morning's most recent vehicular fire is the work of the carsonist -- the lunatic who immolated SF cars earlier this year -- they do have
SF News Car Fires In Richmond, El Sobrante Continue Three more cars were torched Saturday, all of them being "less than a mile away from one another, and at about the same time." This comes on the heels of 12 vehicles getting
SF News Carsonist Moves East? ABC7 is reporting on a string of 10 car fires that broke out early this morning, beginning with multiple locations along San Pablo Dam Road in Richmond (that's the City of Richmond, not
SF News Car Fire In the Sunset Another car was lit ablaze, this one over in the Sunset district. Over at Irving Street at Great Highway last night, authorities responded to a report of a small vehicle fire at 9
