By Amy Graff
SFGate
SAN FRANCISCO — Seventy firefighters responded to a fire at a three-story, two-unit home in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood early Thursday morning, officials said.
The blaze was first reported at 2:30 a.m. at the residence on Sanchez Street, between 27th Street and Cesar Chavez Street, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. Firefighters rushed to the scene and found the top floor engulfed in flames. The five people who lived in the building evacuated themselves and none were injured.
The challenge in this fire was preventing flames from spreading to the adjoining buildings on either side of the duplex, said Capt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson with the fire department.
“A lot of the buildings in San Francisco are close together,” Baxter said. “That’s something we train on.”
Firefighters also dealt with “a live electrical wire that fell on the first arriving truck,” the department said. PG&E quickly de-energized the line. Firefighters were successful in preventing flames from spreading to other buildings, and the blaze was under control within about half an hour.
Baxter said the top floor was gutted by fire and the two other floors were damaged by water.
Five people were displaced, with a family of four living in one unit and one individual in the other, Baxter said. The fire was caused by a wall heater, he said.
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