SF News Fire in Cole Valley/Haight SFist reader Jomo sent in this shot of a fire happening in Cole Valley/Haight on the 200 block of Frederick between Ashbury and Clayton. According to Emergency_In_SF, it's a three-alarm
SF News Fire in the Financial District (at Tadich Grill) We just got word that there is a rather large roaring in the financial district. Or, as our tipster informed us, there's a "[b]ig ass fire in the Financh right now." Oh
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Castro Chow Closed for Two Weeks After Morning Blaze A one-alarm fire charred Chow for about "35 minutes" until San Francisco firefighters put it out around 6:30 a.m. this morning, according to Appeal. "Preliminary reports indicate the blaze ignited in
SF News Another Vehicle Falls Victim to Arson You want another car fire? Well, we've got another car fire for you. An auto was set ablaze early this morning outside the Oakland Hills home of UC President Mark Yudof. The fire
SF News Wrong Arson Suspect or Fafa Chan Imiator? Although a 62-year-old homeless woman named Fafa Chan is considered the prime suspect in last month's auto fires, and also in that string of porta-potty fire earlier this year, a car fire erupted
SF News Mandatory Bonny Doon Evacuation Lifted While containment is now at 65%, the mandatory evacuation for residents affected by the Bonny Doon wildfire in the Santa Cruz mountains has been lifted. All residents need to get back inside their
SF News Bonny Doon Fire Continues More than 2,400 residents are under a mandatory evacuation as the Bonny Doon wildfire continues to singe over 4,100 acres. So far, the blaze has torched two unidentified structures. As of
SF News Bonny Doon Wildfire Roars Hundreds of residents have fled their homes after a Santa Cruz county wildfire in Bonny Doon started last night. According to CBS 5, "authorities have ordered mandatory evacuations for about 600 people on
SF News North Beach Fire Displaces Six Late yesterday morning, a three-alarm fire in North Beach tore through four units on the 600 block of Green Street (also known as Beach Blanket Babylon Boulevard), next door to the famed Beach
SF News Fire In Noe Valley Eye On Blogs' Brittney Gilbert caught images of a fire burning in Noe Valley this morning. Anyone in the area know what's going on? We'll update as soon as we find out more.
SF News <s>Auto Arsonist</s> Carsonist Takes the Night Off First, it's no longer the Auto Arsonist, it's "Carsonist" (TM: Eve Batey) which is way radder sounding. Second, he or she took the night off. The person(s) responsible for at least 12
SF News 4 More Autos Torched Last Night Last night, four more cars were immolated during the wee hours of the night. A little before 11:30 p.m. in the Bayview neighborhood at Newcomb Avenue and Selby Street, a car
SF News Toilet Torcher Trumped by Auto Arsonist A total of seven cars in San Francisco were set ablaze since Saturday. Early this morning, according to CBS 5/KCBS, "Arson investigators responded to the scene of two early morning car fires
SF News <em>Another</em> Underground Fire on Polk Street? Video footage via SF Appeal We received an alert from the handy AlertSF.org (where were you, Emergency_In_SF?!) that there was another underground fire that occurred several hours ago in the
misc Fire Torches South South SF Columbus Salami Warehouse A massive four-alarm fire on Cabot Road near Allerton Avenue torched the San Francisco Sausage Company building, the Columbus Salami company's slicing plant. Luckily, all 30 overnight employees escaped unharmed. The blaze went
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Fire Arts Festival at the Crucible Oh man, not some hippie Burning Man-ish art thing," you whine? Yes, another hippie Burning Man-ish art thing! Why? Because: fire. And lots of it. See, this weekend the annual Fire Arts Festival
SF News Fire / Explosion Near Ross Store on Market Street 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
misc What's Going On Here, Critical Mass Fire? What in God's name is this all about, select participant(s) who engaged in fire play during Friday's end-of-month ride, but by no means represent Critical Mass or the tireless work that they
SF News Firefighter Activity at Mission Near Ocean Former SFister Dianne de Guzman sent word about a block shutdown this morning. "Firefighter activity at Mission near Ocean. The block is shut down. About 3-4 trucks. No visible flames. Firefighters on roof
SF News Newsom Demands Answers from PG&E With the second major underground fire in four years roaring last Friday -- spectacularly so, we might add -- Mayor Gavin Newsom wants some answers from PG&E. If you recall, in
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
