fires

Weekend Fire Takes Out We Be Sushi, Thai House

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Early Saturday morning, a two alarm fire consumed We Be Sushi, Thai House 530, and other neighboring apartments on 16th and Valencia.  A building neighbor, Jeff, filled us in on what happened:

There was a HUGE fire right behind my place this morning.  Three stories, two buildings went up and are totaled on Valencia.  My whole place smells like burnt wood, but is fine.

We Be Sushi is torched, looks like Thai House 530 is okay.  Also, looks like Blondie's is (unfortunately) okay as well.

Jeff emailed us again a few hours later with a further update:

Thai House: not okay.  My buddy there just took me though and I saw all the damage.  They're going to be closed for months, if not forever because of water damage.  Looks like firefighters contained it to those two buildings though.

No more details appear to be available at this time.  We'll update if we hear more.

37 People Displaced Following Massive Fire on Valencia and Duboce

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

If things couldn't get any worse for Valencia Street residents and merchants this month, a 4-alarm fire tore through a building at the corner of Valencia and Duboce (kitty-cornered from Zeitgeist) this morning.  Mission Local reports:

Five people were injured and at least 37 others displaced when a four-alarm fire scorched two buildings at the corner of Valencia Street and Duboce Avenue.

The number of displaced residents could increase, the AP reports.

Four firefighters and one resident were injured. None of the injuries were life-threatening, and all were taken to San Francisco General Hospital. Two of the firefighters were injured when a staircase collapsed. [Read on]

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