SF News San Bruno Fire Death Toll <s>Raised to 6</s> Unclear Two more remains were found on Saturday in the wake of the San Bruno fire. According to BCN/CBS 5, "The discovery Saturday raises the death toll to six. Steve Firpo, acting public
SF News San Bruno Fire Aftermath in Photos A natural gas line explosion erupted in San Bruno on Thursday at Skyline Boulevard and Sneath Lane, sending a continuous fireball into the sky that destroyed 37 homes and killed four six residents.
SF News Coroner Identifies Three Victims In San Bruno Fire After Thursday's natural gas explosion and massive fire that, if you will, put San Bruno on the map, four people are confirmed dead. Three of the four deceased have been identified: a mother
SF News Death Toll in San Bruno Expected to Rise As most news orgs are reporting this morning, the official fatality count from last night's gas main explosion and ongoing fire in San Bruno is 4 people, with 52 suffering injuries that required
SF News Timeline of S.F. Manhole Cover Explosions View PG&E Underground Fires (2005-2010) in a larger map Two manhole covers exploded this morning in the city's Financial District. The early morning explosions, according to PG&E, were due
SF News San Bruno Fire 75% Contained The natural gas fire that devastated San Bruno is now 75% contained, confirms Lt. Governor / acting Governor Abel Maldonado. Also, as recovery efforts are underway, San Bruno residents are urged to check-in by
SF News Manhole Covers Explode in Financial District Speaking of explosions, two manhole covers exploded Friday morning in San Francisco's Financial District. CBS 5 notes: "Reports indicated two manholes exploded near the area of Sutter and Montgomery Streets around 7:30
SF News San Bruno Residents Allegedly Reported Leak Days Before Fire Thursday's natural gas fire, which sparked a bit before 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, originated from a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. gas line. PG&E President Chris Johns, according to
SF News San Bruno Explosion Fire in Photos Shortly after 6 p.m on Thursday, a natural gas line explosion erupted in San Bruno at Skyline Boulevard and Sneath Lane, "sending up a geyser of fire, critically burning residents and igniting
SF News (UPDATED) Huge Explosion Sparks Massive San Bruno Fire According to CBS 5, "a huge explosion happened in the San Bruno area and huge flames can be seen...the flames are near Crestmore and San Ramon Avenues." The fire has torched multiple
SF News Mission Gutter Set Ablaze (Video) ;center> Egads! On Sunday night in the Mission, unidentified rapscallion(s) set a gutter ablaze. Mission Mission's Ariel Dovas reports, "[S]omeone lit the northside gutter between Mission and San Carlos streets
SF News 888 O'Farrell Fire Might Have Been Suicide/Murder Attempt We mentioned yesterday a two-alarm fire in the tenderloin where a woman jumped to her death. According to The Chronicle, the "woman who leaped from the eighth story of her burning apartment in
SF News Woman Jumps to Death During Tenderloin Fire Early Sunday morning, a woman jumped to her death from an eighth floor apartment building at 888 O'Farrell. The scene, according to SF Appeal, was grim. The unidentified woman, while jumping from the
SF News At Least 20 Displaced in Mission Fire Tipsters alerted us to a three-alarm fire that occurred in Caledonia Alley, near 17th and Valencia, tonight at around 6 p.m. According to Emergency in SF, at least one hundred firefighters responded
SF News Emergency Landing at SFO After Drunk Passenger Sets Napkin On Fire A reader, who asked to remain anonymous, writes to SFist about a harrowing (albeit it tiny) blaze aboard a flight, prompting an emergency landing at SFO on Sunday. A good friend was flying
SF News Carsonist Comes to SFO Yes, yes, this very likely isn't the same carsonist who kept us on our toes for much of last year (or this recent string of 12 arsons in Berkeley), but just on the
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 Updated: Explosion at Le Meridien Hotel We're getting reports of a loud explosion and major siren action in the Financial District. SF Appeal is saying the location is the Le Meridien Hotel at Battery and Sansome. UPDATE: ABC 7
SF News Three Alarm Fire Blazing at Turk and Taylor A six- or seven-story blue building, presumably an SRO, at the northwest corner of Turk and Taylor is currently on fire. Much smoke is filling the streets around mid-Market, and the traffic situation,
SF News Elderly Man Dies In Richmond District Blaze After a morning fire inside a kitchen in a Richmond district home, an elderly man is dead. The Chronicle reports, "The man, whose name has not been released, was found at 8:45
SF News Car Fire on Mariposa Injures <s>Three</s> Two, Kills One (Updated) A car fire just off the off-ramp of North 280 to Mariposa shutdown by the CHP this morning. According to SFist reader Shane Gilman, who snapped these images of the brief blaze that
SF News Dogs Saves Woman In Shelter Fire, Cats Die A pit bull woke her owner living above the Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society after the building caught fire. The blaze sparked at around midnight. Although 12 cats died in the fire,10 other
SF News Oakland A.M. Fire Reveals Pot House A house fire was reported a little before 7 a.m. this morning at a house on the 3900 block of Angelo Avenue in Oakland. During the blaze, neighbors and firefighters learned that
SF News Fire at Ellis Street Hotel CBS 5's red box of alarm tells us that "people have been evacuated from a fire at a hotel on Ellis St. in San Francisco's Tenderloin district." Matt Baume, who is live at
