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Mission District Apartment Fire Displaces Residents, No Injuries Reported

Investigators are now probing how the one-alarm blaze called in at 8:32 p.m. began.

Overview

  • Firefighters responded to 157 San Carlos Street on Thursday night for a one-alarm fire that started on the top floor of a two-story building.
  • Water was on the fire by 8:46 p.m., and a police officer at the scene said the flames were extinguished within about 10 minutes.
  • Two units were left at least temporarily uninhabitable, and a few residents were displaced with the exact number and duration not yet determined.
  • No injuries were reported, and firefighters rescued a cat from the building.
  • Roughly 30 firefighters, six fire trucks, and a medic unit worked the scene, with officials previously blocking San Carlos Street between 18th and 19th streets during the response.