— By Jack Morse (@jmorse_) |
At approximately 4:30am this morning a fire broke out above the corner store located at 24th and Treat Avenue. According to various sources, a family of five was seriously injured in the blaze—two of them critically.
In addition to the family rescued above the store, it is being reported that two men who had been sleeping inside the store had to be freed by the firefighters. Apparently a gate, padlocked from the outside, prevented their escape until firefighters cut it open.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this point.
[Photo: Lindsay Hoshaw]
Comments (3)
This is really sad. Hope the family is okay.
It seems like there have been too many fires in the Mission recently.
And shades of slavery, of people locked in and sleeping in a store.
Thanks for posting this, with the fiery red picture.
But, sad. Sad for the family.
Rent control caused this!
Not to be the conspiracy theory person on the internet, but these fires are getting more suspicious. I can understand the places that caught fire lately have poor building codes and the maintenance has not been kept up entirely. Easy to understand why they could catch fire.
Is there any arson investigation?