3-Alarm Fire Burns San Francisco Inner Sunset Apartment Building

CBS San Francisco

August 9, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO — A fire burning in the Inner Sunset Tuesday night was upgraded to 3 alarms, which sent 100 firefighters to battle the blaze, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department said.

At 8:30 p.m., San Francisco Fire said the fire was 2-alarm with "heavy fire" on the second floor of a three-story apartment complex at 1279 8th Ave and the 700 block of Irving Street.

Captain Jonathan Baxter said there was also a hardware store involved in the fire as well as a shed behind the store.

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