San Francisco Nob Hill apartment fire injures 1; Dozens displaced
SAN FRANCISCO -- Two people were hurt, one with severe injuries, in a two-alarm fire in San Francisco's Nob Hill district Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
The fire department said the fire burned at a four-story residential building on the 1600 block of Leavenworth Street between Broadway and Pacific Ave.
The call came in at 1:38 p.m. and the fire was contained an hour later. Firefighters rescued one person who was taken to a burn center in critical condition, the department said. A follow-up post on the @SFFDPIO Twitter account said the victim was being for serious injuries and a second victim was treated at the scene and released.
The fire on the second and third stories affected nine units of the 27-unit building. The Red Cross was notified of 20 people displaced because of the fire, as well as many pets, the department said.
Firefighters planned to be at the scene for several more hours as of 4:08 p.m. Property owners were being allowed in to gather valuables
There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire.
