Overview
- Calls came in around 4:30 a.m. for a sideshow near Kirkham Street where cars spun donuts, fireworks were set off and a rented U-Haul was torched, with witnesses also reporting gunfire.
- San Francisco police said one person was detained in connection with setting the truck on fire and that person’s vehicle was impounded as investigators work to identify others.
- Fire officials extinguished the blaze near 48th Avenue and Kirkham Street and deemed the vehicle fire suspicious, prompting an active arson investigation.
- No injuries were reported, and neighbors estimated at least 100 participants and spectators as the chaos spread across two nearby intersections.
- Residents criticized what they described as a roughly 20-minute police response while city leaders point to newly doubled sideshow fines and consider physical deterrents such as roundabouts and rubber speed bumps.