Overview
- Firefighters found one person dead after a one-alarm house fire on the 500 block of Dwight Street in the Portola neighborhood Tuesday night.
- Crews extinguished the blaze and reported major damage to the interior of the single home involved.
- After putting out visible flames, firefighters stayed to check walls and the roof for hidden fire, a routine step to prevent embers from reigniting.
- The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and the medical examiner will identify how the person died.
- Local outlets relayed details from the San Francisco Fire Department’s post, with NBC Bay Area adding that formal findings will come from investigators and the medical examiner.