Flames shoot 40 feet in air in 5-alarm S.F. blaze
A five-alarm fire in an apartment building on San Francisco's waterfront sent flames 40 feet in the air, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
One firefighter suffered minor burns, but there were no other reports of injuries.
The structure is a 172-unit apartment building in Mission Bay under construction near AT&T Park, according to the local CBS TV affiliate.
The two top floors crashed down as the fire weakened the structure, according to SFGate.com, and billows of smoke could be seen from miles away.
"The building is likely to come down," Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White told the Gate. "It will collapse. The more it burns, the more water we put on it, the more likely it is to fail."
Dramatic photos of the fire quickly surfaced on Twitter.
PHOTOS: Crews battle 5-alarm fire at high-rise building in San Francisco’s China Basin area: http://t.co/WLx6v4ooph pic.twitter.com/Bs8FaoWX4v
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) March 12, 2014
Looks like a huge fire in one of the under construction buildings at Mission Bay pic.twitter.com/oukKuVetZR
— Michael Bauer (@michaelbauer1) March 12, 2014
NOW: #SanFrancisco Firefighters Battling Massive Fire Near AT&T Park -LIVE ... - http://t.co/0ifk5HwdgS pic.twitter.com/8YjT9dtNCQ
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 12, 2014
From @ewat: My building has a pretty amazing view of fire going on right now in San Francisco pic.twitter.com/wLmMzJ0WKG
— Michael Rusch (@weeddude) March 12, 2014
Tweet us your photos of fire in #SanFrancisco thx Michael McCamish for this pic taken from #Vallejo ferry pic.twitter.com/g3Vwsc4Bv8
— KTVU (@KTVU) March 12, 2014
