{"id":425486,"date":"2026-08-06T15:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425486\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:04:47","slug":"18-rescued-in-overnight-apartment-fire-in-san-franciscos-alamo-square","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425486\/","title":{"rendered":"18 rescued in overnight apartment fire in San Francisco&#8217;s Alamo Square"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters in San Francisco rescued more than a dozen people from a burning apartment building after a fire broke out in the city&#8217;s Alamo Square neighborhood early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before 2 a.m., the fire department was called to the 800 block of Fillmore Street, near Grove Street. When the first fire crews arrived, they found a three-story building with heavy fire from the second story and occupants who were trapped, prompting a second alarm.<\/p>\n<p>Using ground and aerial ladders, firefighters performed multiple rescues. A total of 18 people were rescued from the second and third floors of the building, according to firefighters.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE:<br \/>Location updated from 900 block to 800 block of Fulton. <\/p>\n<p>At this time, this fire is NOW UNDER CONTROL.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 18 individuals were successfully rescued by San Francisco firefighters from the second and third floor windows and more from the interior of the building\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dTGNMq4SO1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/dTGNMq4SO1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EETqQmH9lK\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/EETqQmH9lK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SFFDPIO\/status\/2085318505508049087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One person was injured but is expected to recover, the fire department said.<\/p>\n<p>The fire spread to the third floor of the building and was isolated to two structures. Shortly before 4 a.m., firefighters said the fire was under control.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our members did an outstanding job, I like to commend all of them,&#8221; Chief Dean Crispen said in a video posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The American Red Cross was dispatched to the scene to assist residents. The number of displaced residents was being assessed.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters are expected to remain on scene for the next several hours for investigation. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters in San Francisco rescued more than a dozen people from a burning apartment building after a fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[4318,3802,101,4773,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-425486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-apartment-fire","tag-fire","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-fire-department","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}