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The China Basin fire was a five-alarm fire [1] that occurred shortly before 5:00 p.m. on March 11, 2014, in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. [2] The conflagration appeared to completely destroy Block 5, a 172-unit building, [3] part of Mega Blocks 360, [4] a US$227,000,000 apartment complex being developed by San Francisco-based BRE Properties Inc. at China Basin and ...
The 9,880-square-foot (918 m 2) 160-by-48-foot (49 by 15 m) cement-block warehouse was constructed in 1930. [23] The property was purchased in 1988 by Chor Ng, who is linked to 17 other properties in the San Francisco Bay Area. [24]
Blaze started on the 26th floor of the 36-story apartments. Fire quickly spread to three more floors, making it a 5-alarm fire. This is the deadliest high-rise fire in Hawaii's history. Rotana Hotel Building: 66 m Mashhad Iran: July 22, 2017 0 Under construction 20-storey hotel The Marina Torch: 336.8 m Dubai United Arab Emirates
On March 28, 1944, a fire, believed to have been deliberately set, destroyed the New Amsterdam Hotel in San Francisco, California. It was the worst fire in that city since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, killing 22 and injuring 27. [22] [23] On August 3, 1944, George Holman, a 47-year old cafe proprietor, was found guilty in San Francisco of ...
As of 7:46 p.m., the fire had burned 14,148 acres and was not contained, according to the latest incident update released by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.
The official name of this incident by Cal Fire is the Tunnel Fire. [3] It is also commonly referred to as the Oakland Hills firestorm or the East Bay Hills fire. The fire ultimately killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The 1,520 acres (620 ha) destroyed included 2,843 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.
San Francisco temperatures expected to hit mid-90s Tuesday A truck was engulfed in flames on Highway 24 Tuesday afternoon in Orinda. According to California Highway Patrol (CHP), the fire was ...
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