3-alarm fire rips through SF apartment building

A three-alarm fire tore through the top floors of an apartment building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood early Friday morning, prompting multiple rescues and evacuations with no injuries immediately reported.

Around 3:30 a.m, the San Francisco Fire Department said their crews were called to a six-story residential building in the 100 block of Golden Gate Avenue after flames were reported. It was initially classified as a one-alarm fire before it quickly escalated to a three-alarm blaze as they found flames on the structure’s upper floors.

Fire officials said multiple residents were rescued or were able to escape on their own during the first alarm. A cat was also rescued and treated by paramedics before being handed over to Animal Control.

A total of 45 residents were displaced by the fire, SFFD said.

Evacuated residents were directed to shelter at Golden Gate Avenue and Taylor Street before fire officials later moved them to a temporary Muni bus shelter at Golden Gate and Jones Street.

The fire was contained by 5:30 a.m., and the Red Cross responded to assist those displaced.