Officials say 37 left homeless in SF fire
Flames engulf a window during a four-alarm fire at a residential and commercial building on the corner of Valencia Street and Duboce Avenue in San Francisco, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Francisco firefighters battle a four-alarm fire at a residential and commercial building on the corner of Valencia Street and Duboce Avenue in San Francisco, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Francisco firefighters battle a four-alarm fire at a residential and commercial building on the corner of Valencia Street and Duboce Avenue in San Francisco, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN FRANCISCO >> Dozens of people have been burned out their homes and at least four people have been hurt after a fire roared through a four-story apartment building in San Francisco’s Mission District, officials said Sunday.
The number of people left homeless was estimated to be around 37, including seven children, but the number was expected to rise as residents return to the building, said American Red Cross spokesman Woody Baker-Cohn.
The Red Cross was working on putting residents burned out of their homes up in either motels or a shelter, Baker-Cohn said.
Four firefighters and two civilians were hurt, according to a San Francisco Fire Department dispatcher. The nature of their injuries was unknown.
The blaze was first reported around 10 a.m. Sunday in the wooden building near Duboce and Valencia streets.
When firefighters arrived, flames and smoke were pouring out of several windows on the top floor of the structure, with the flames eventually spreading to at least one adjacent building.
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The fire was contained by noon, but firefighters remained on the scene throughout the day.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
