Fire At San Francisco International Airport Maintenance Facility Contained
SAN FRANCISCO INT'L AIRPORT (CBS SF) – A fire that broke out at a maintenance facility at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday morning has been contained.
According to San Francisco fire officials, the fire started burning at the United Airlines facility located north of the terminals shortly after 7:30 a.m. A second alarm has been called and the facility has been evacuated.
Airport officials told KPIX 5 that the fire had originated from a rooftop HVAC unit at the facility.
As of 8:20 a.m., the fire had been contained. No injuries were immediately reported and evacuated workers have since been allowed to return.
Everything seems to be back to normal at @united maintenance facility at @flysfo where @SFFDPIO believes a HVAC unit caught fire earlier this morning. Workers have been allowed back inside. @KPIXtv pic.twitter.com/Lh15mt3zyb
— Jackie Ward (@jackiewardmedia) July 31, 2019
Multiple people on social media posted pictures of smoke coming from the area, which was visible for miles.
There is a fire near #Sfoparking building ..I haven't heard any fire truck yet @CityofSanBruno @SSFPolice pic.twitter.com/t5cylNQBLk
— Anup Patel (@patelanupd) July 31, 2019
Fire sfo pic.twitter.com/hf9WaLuQiP
— skip Hovorka (@twuskip1) July 31, 2019
@BungerKCBSRadio pic.twitter.com/Ee9E7gNOdq
— Michael Micheletti (@MichelettiSF) July 31, 2019
Flights at SFO were not impacted during the fire and the airport remains open Wednesday.