Overview
- Multiple 911 callers reported thick smoke near Quesada Avenue and Fitch Street, and San Francisco Fire Department officials confirmed the fire involved vegetation at the closed Hunters Point shipyard.
- Fire crews arrived with at least two engines and a mini pump grass unit and used heavy equipment from nearby construction crews to build a fire line while the blaze was being fought.
- Officials said resources on scene were sufficient to extinguish the fire, no injuries were reported, and no structures were immediately threatened, according to SFFD spokesperson Lt. Mariano Elias.
- Photos circulated showing a large smoke plume visible from miles away, but reporters and officials did not cite any confirmation that the fire caused new radioactive contamination.
- Hunters Point sits on a federal Superfund site and is prone to brush fires because its microclimate gets more sun and grasses are often overgrown, which raises local public concern and will likely drive follow-up monitoring by authorities.