Overview
- The 4:30 a.m. takeover near Kirkham Street featured cars doing donuts, fireworks and reports of gunfire, according to witnesses and police.
- Firefighters extinguished the burning rental truck near 48th Avenue and Kirkham Street, and authorities reported no injuries.
- Investigators deemed the vehicle fire suspicious and are treating it as arson, with SFPD’s Stunt Driving Response Unit handling the case.
- Police said they detained at least one person in connection with the fire and impounded a vehicle while seeking additional participants.
- Neighbors criticized a response they estimated took 20–30 minutes and pressed for traffic-calming measures, as the city recently doubled sideshow fines to $1,000.