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Tue Aug 1, 2023, 07:27 PM Aug 2023

4-alarm fire burns five buildings in San Francisco

Hat tip, Major Garrett on the CBS Evening News

SAN FRANCISCO

4-alarm fire burns five buildings in San Francisco

No reported injuries but at least 8 people are displaced after blaze in city's Hayes Valley

By NBC Bay Area staff • Published August 1, 2023 • Updated 5 hours ago

Firefighters contained a four-alarm structure fire in San Francisco Tuesday morning that burned four neighboring buildings and displaced at least eight residents, according to the SF Fire Department.

The fire was first reported around 6 a.m. in the area of Oak Street and Octavia Boulevard in the city's Hayes Valley neighborhood, SFFD said.

No injuries were immediately reported, according to fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson.

The building where the blaze started reportedly was under construction, and video of the scene shows flames causing a partial collapse of structure.

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