SF News Mayor Lurie Names New Fire Chief, Dean Crispen, a 34-Year Veteran of the SFFD In his first department-head appointment of his tenure as mayor, Daniel Lurie on Friday announced the appointment of second-generation firefighter and 34-year veteran of the city's fire department Dean Crispen as the new fire chief.
SF News Early Morning Fire at Pier 28 Temporarily Shuts Down Embarcadero San Francisco firefighters responded to a one-alarm fire early Tuesday that appears to have broken out, improbably, underneath and at the edge of Pier 28 in the rain.
SF News SFPD Rescues Two Dogs From SoMa Apartment After Apparent Battery Fire Another apparent battery fire broke out at an apartment at Sixth and Minna streets this weekend, and two dogs had to be rescued from the blaze.
SF News Man Gets Trapped In Downtown Public Restroom, Jaws of Life Used to Free Him A door jammed on one of those antique-style public restrooms with the automatic doors on Market Street, trapping a man inside sometime Tuesday morning.
SF News Fire Heavily Damages Four-Story Residential Building In SoMa A two-alarm fire caused heavy damage to a four-story apartment building in SoMa, and it's unclear if the building was occupied.
SF News SF Firefighters Put Out Encampment Fire Along South Van Ness On-Ramp Near 13th Street San Francisco firefighters were called to the scene of an encampment fire along a freeway on-ramp at the edge of the Mission District on Saturday afternoon.
SF News Scaffolding Fails on Tall Pac Heights Building Amid High Winds A precariously tall scaffolding came loose from the Pacific Heights building it was attached to Wednesday morning and was dangling in the direction of Broadway.
SF News One Person, Two Cats Rescued In Tenderloin Apartment Fire One person and two cats had to be rescued from a fire escape Sunday evening after an accidental kitchen fire spread inside a top floor apartment in SF's Little Saigon neighborhood.
SF News New Interim SF Fire Chief Sandy Tong Sworn In By Mayor London Breed Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced and swore in San Francisco's new interim fire chief, Sandy Tong, who takes over after the sudden retirement of Chief Jeanine Nicholson.
SF News SF Firefighters Rescue Paddle Boarder After Incident at Ocean Beach San Francisco Fire Department paramedics were called to Ocean Beach Friday morning after surfers pulled a paddle boarder out of the water who was floating and apparently unresponsive.
SF News SF Fire Chief Retiring After Five Years Due to 'Medical Issues' San Francisco Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson announced Friday that she will retire at the end of next month due to “unforeseen medical issues.”
SF News Fire Burns Three-Story Apartment Building In Nob Hill A fire broke out Thursday morning at a residential building on Jackson Street near Leavenworth in SF's Nob Hill neighborhood, and it was disrupting cable car service.
SF News 11 People Rescued In Two Separate Boat Capsize Incidents, One Off Ocean Beach and One In Tomales Bay Two boats capsized in the Bay Area this weekend in separate incidents amid windy conditions, leading to 11 people requiring emergency rescue from cold waters.
SF News Early Monday Morning RV Fire In SF's Bayview Spreads to Nearby Warehouse Before Being Extinguished An RV fire broke out around 2:30 am Monday morning on Newhall Street in the Bayview District, and quickly spread to an adjacent warehouse. The fire was extinguished within a half-hour, but the RV is obviously totaled.
SF News Fire at SoMa Apartment High-Rise Leaves Hundreds Without Running Water or Electricity A Wednesday fire at the 40-story Paramount apartment tower at Mission and Third streets has left hundreds of tenants without electricity or running water, and very limited elevator service to navigate the building’s dozens of floors.
SF News Hazmat Incident Near Union Square Prompts Evacuation, Traffic Delays Three people were treated for exposure to leaked, potentially poisonous refrigerant chemicals. Authorities say it was an isolated incident.
SF News SF Firefighters Conduct Rescue After Disabled Boat Begins Taking on Water Near Golden Gate Two people had to be rescued Sunday night amid hazardous surf near the Golden Gate, after their boat became disabled and was taking on water.
SF News Burst Steam Pipe Fills Part of Grant Avenue With Cloud of Steam, SFFD Responds An underground steam pipe burst on Grant Avenue Sunday afternoon, shutting down the block between Geary and Post as San Francisco firefighters, Public Works staff, and PG&E responded to the scene.
SF News Smoke on Tracks at 24th Street Station Causes Major BART Delays An equipment problem caused the tracks to smoke at 24th Street station and made a mess of the Monday morning commute, and while the equipment problem is resolved, train delays continue into Monday afternoon.
SF News Three-Alarm Fire In NoPa Leads to Multiple Injuries, Several Buildings Impacted Around one hundred San Francisco firefighters were on the scene of a residential fire in the Western Addition/NoPa neighborhood Monday morning, and one person was hospitalized with injuries after jumping from the burning building.
SF News Two-Alarm Fire on Valencia Street Leaves Three Injured A fire Tuesday morning tore through a building on the 900 block of Valencia Street in the Mission District, and the SF Fire Department had to rescue five individuals from the blaze.
SF News SFFD Rescue Swimmers Save Man Under Collapsed Dock at Pier 90 A man ended up in the cold Bay waters early Friday in Islais Creak, and San Francisco Fire Department rescue swimmers were on hand to rescue him.
SF News [Updated] Utility Worker Dies After Collapse of Trench at Oak and Divisadero Some sort of sidewalk collapse occurred Thursday morning over a utility trench near the Lower Haight neighborhood, trapping one person underground.
SF News Pedestrian Who Died In August Incident That Paramedics Blamed on Cruise Vehicles Was Struck By Muni Bus We are now learning more about an incident reported on last month by the San Francisco Fire Department in which an ambulance carrying a person who was severely injured on a SoMa street was allegedly briefly prevented from leaving the scene due to two Cruise robotaxis in the way.
SF News Glass Being Blown Off Downtown SF Tower 555 California Street, Shelter-In-Place Order Issued A shelter-in-place order was issued Tuesday afternoon after at least one large glass panel "became separated" from the 43rd floor of famed SF office tower 555 California Street, formerly known as Bank of America Center.
