Crews were working to extinguish a four-alarm residential fire that injured three people in San Francisco's Lower Nob Hill neighborhood on Saturday.
According to the San Francisco Fire Department, the three victims were removed from the fire, and close to 120 firefighters responded.
The wooden structure that caught fire near Washington and Lark streets had to have holes cut in the roof to prevent the blaze from spreading. Additionally, officials said the fire was difficult to fight due to "zero lot lines."
"When you have one building on fire, you have massive potential for it to extend to the building adjacent to it," said Chief Dean Crispen.
4th Alarm working fire - Washington / Larkin Street - 1705 hours on 04/05/2025
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According to Crispen, the blaze was first reported at around 5:52 p.m. as “fire coming out of a window on the second floor” before it spread. The fire had extended throughout the whole structure and damaged nearby buildings, SFFD said.
The San Francisco Department of Emergency Management sent an alert at 6:36 p.m. on X, warning residents to avoid the area due to the fire activity.
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It is not yet clear what sparked the blaze or how many people were potentially displaced by it.
Officials said they expected to work through the night to extinguish hotspots.
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