{"id":451449,"date":"2026-09-02T21:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451449\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:36:10","slug":"san-francisco-bernal-heights-house-fire-displaces-family-kills-cat-injures-3-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451449\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Bernal Heights house fire displaces family, kills cat, injures 3 firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A house fire in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood on Wednesday morning displaced a family and injured three firefighters, authorities said. A cat also died.<\/p>\n

San Francisco fire crews responded to a fire on Anderson Street at about 6:30 a.m. It was contained at 7:23 a.m.<\/p>\n

Giselle Basilio said she was inside the home with six other family members when the fire broke out. She described the difficult escape through smoke-filled conditions.<\/p>\n

“I was going through the hallway. It was just so hot, the smoke was right there; I couldn’t even breathe. I felt like we were going to pass out. But we made it on time, at the door,” Basilio said.<\/p>\n

Basilio said she was able to rescue her cat and fire officials say a dog made it out safely. However, the family’s other cat, Draco, died in the fire.<\/p>\n

“He’s been with us for six years. We got him on Christmas,” Basilio said.<\/p>\n

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She said the loss has been devastating.<\/p>\n

“I feel this is just going to impact me a lot. This is just going to be stuck with me forever,” Basilio said.<\/p>\n

Three firefighters were injured while battling the blaze and transported to a local hospital with minor burn injuries. Neighboring homes were evacuated as crews worked at the scene.<\/p>\n

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Authorities are investigating whether an e-bike in the garage may have sparked the blaze.<\/p>\n

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