SF News Tenderloin Fire Causes Traffic Nightmare You might want to reconfigure your route home, readers. According to ActionNewsSF, who have been updating all afternoon on today's underground Tenderloin fire, "Northbound Van Ness [is] closed, O'Farrell, Polk and Larkin also
SF News Polk / O'Farrell Emergency Alert: Tenderloin Vault Fire In Progress Breaking news, folks. According to Alert SF, "Avoid the area of Polk / O'Farrell for next hour due to fire in underground vault. Heavy smoke. Traffic in area is impacted." Also, as always, you
SF News Cars Torched in SF Over the last two days, according to the Chronicle, an arson spree set several vehicles ablaze in the early morning hours. Three of the fiery attacks, it seems, "happened this morning, all of
SF News Fire In Glen Canyon Park According to two of our favorite alarmist outlets right now, Emergency_In_SF and ActionNewsSF, there is "a large outside fire is [sic] reportedly spreading in Glen Canyon Park. SFFD en route to
SF News Man Arrested in Conection with Santa Cruz Mountain Fires Almost a year after the Santa Cruz Mountains were set ablaze, authorities arrested Channing Verden, a contractor hired to clear brush in the mountainous terrain, for arson. According to the Merc, "Verden has
SF News BREAKING NEWS: P.S. Alameda Is Burning This just in: A fire larger than a city block is burning on Alameda's Naval Air Station Alameda Point. Flames are burning structures at least three stories tall as firefighters work to contain
SF News Porta-Potty Blaze Caught on Film Flickr photog Erik Gibb managed to snap these super pics of Sunday's Portreo Hill porta-potty immolation, which brought the number of blazes to 23 since November. If we're not mistaken, these are the
SF News Reward Increased to $75K for Info on Portola Fire Members of the community (i.e., Mitchell Engineering, Michael Byrne, Platinum Advisors, Webcor Construction Company, Boston Properties, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco Fire Commissioners, PG&E, and American Airporter Shuttle) have
SF News $25K Reward for Portola Arson Info Authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for info leading to the arrest of the person(s) who set fire to a two-story Portola apartment building. The fire injured six firefighters, with two
SF News 2 Firefighters Remain Hospitalized Two of the xix SF firefighters that were injured in an early morning fire in the Portola District yesterday remain in the hospital this morning. According to SF Fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge, "Lieutenant
SF News 6 Firefighters Hurt in Portola Fire Six firefighters were hurt, with one suffering life-threatening injuries "after inhaling superheated gases," while fighting a blaze at a two-story residence at 627 Felton Street early this morning. According to Chron, "The names
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again The porta-potty arsonist has struck again, this time at at the 1200 block of Washington Street during the wee hours this morning, according to reports. No was was injured, no arrests have been
SF News Toilet Torcher Lights First Match of 2009 Just when you thought the Toilet Torcher was a match striking terror to stay stuck in the halcyon days of 2008, he or she leaps into 2009 with aplomb. See, just this morning
misc Fire Torches Apartment Building Near USF A three-story apartment building at 41 Barcelona Avenue went up in flames early this morning. No word yet of any injuries or deaths to residents, or why the place went up in smoke.
misc Today in San Francisco History - the First Cliff House Burns Timecapsule: December 25, 1894 On Christmas Day, 1894, the first San Francisco Cliff House burned to the ground. As the Chronicle poetically reported the next morning, San Francisco's most historic landmark has gone
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again? Maybe because it's Christmas Eve Day so nobody at the SFPD is getting back to us. But we'll just put this out there and perhaps you, dear readers, can confirm? A tipster tells
SF News Toilet Torcher Strikes Again For at the seventh time since November, a port-o-potty was set on fire in San Francisco this morning, according to the fire department. This most recent portable blaze, all of them happening in
SF News Serial port-o-potty arsonist on the loose We'd belying if we said that this budding news story doesn't tickle us. It does. Very much so. See, the SF Port-o-potty Arsonist has struck again. It seems the charred remains (hee!) of
SF News Russian Hill Apartment Fire Kills 1 One person was killed after a two-alarm fire torched an apartment building in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood this afternoon. The blaze, reported at 11:52 a.m., sparked on the second floor
SF News Fires Prompt Schwarzenegger to Declare State of Emergency in Santa Barbara County Dozens and dozens of mansions in Montecito & Santa Barbara went up in flames last night. There is no ETA for containment of the massive fire, which started a little before 6 p.
SF News BREAKING NEWS: Fire Burning in Tilden Park 10-acre grass fire burning in Tilden Park over in Berkeley right now. So, you know, stay out of the park. (Not that you will since it's raining right now, but still: don't go
SF News Humans to Blame for Angel Island Fire The fire that singed half of Angel Island last week was sparked by people, according to the Examiner. Ruling out natural causes like downed electrical lines, machine malfunctions, or God almighty, the Marin
SF News Angel Island Fire The U.S. Coast Guard and San Francisco/Marin firefighters are battling a blaze on the eastside of Angel Island, which was reported at 9 p.m. tonight. At about 9:50 p.
SF News BREAKING NEWS: Fire Affecting Traffic On the Bay Bridge According to KTVU's Gasia Mikaelian, a fire on Yerba Buena Island is affecting traffic on the Bay Bridge. It's on the west side of Yerba Buena just under the bridge. It is not
