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At least two of the building's exits were blocked at the time of the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire inspectors knew of several safety problems in the structure for years but did a sloppy job of documenting whether those violations were fixed, the San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Years-of-safety-violations-cited-at-Mission-site-6081870.php\" target=\"_blank\">Chronicle reported\u003c/a> over the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases inspectors issued notices of violation to the owner, but did not always file follow-up paperwork that stated any fixes, Wong noted. She said she planned to ask the fire department's IT manager to include a new drop-down field on its computer database for inspectors to fill out, stating whether violations are fixed after they're discovered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire inspectors learned three years ago that a door to the building's roof was padlocked. 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"content": "\u003cp>Pedestrian safety advocates agreed it was a long road to get the San Francisco Fire Department on board for a plan aiming to eliminate traffic-related deaths in the city by 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the city's Fire Commission unanimously passed a resolution Thursday night solidifying the department's commitment to the \u003ca href=\"http://walksf.org/about/goals-mission/vision-zero/\" target=\"_blank\">Vision Zero\u003c/a> goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it makes clear the fire department’s commitment to road safety, which is something that they’ve been struggling about how to express,\" said Tyler Frisbee, policy director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which supports Vision Zero policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution comes about a week after the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst's Office published a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=51265\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> urging the fire department to drop its opposition to \"traffic calming\" changes to the city's streets, which include narrowing some intersections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SFFD-urged-to-end-opposition-to-attempts-to-slow-6010560.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a> on the disagreements between city planners and the fire department on the issue:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At the center of the issue are what are known to engineers, planners and pedestrian advocates as “bulbouts” — wide, rounded extensions of sidewalks that serve to narrow street crossings and slow traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those and other traffic-calming measures are popular among planners trying to make streets safer by slowing traffic and making pedestrians more visible. But some fire departments, including San Francisco’s, believe that they interfere with their ability to navigate narrow streets and quickly attack fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, as the city has struggled to make its increasingly crowded streets safer and more efficient for bicyclists and pedestrians as well as cars, conflicts over bulbouts and narrowed streets have emerged, usually pitting bike riders and pedestrians against motorists. But planners and the Fire Department have repeatedly, though more quietly, clashed as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report from Harvey Rose, the Board of Supervisors’ budget analyst, concludes that, despite the city’s emphasis on pedestrian safety, the Fire Department lacks policies to design and buy fire engines and trucks that accommodate pedestrian safety improvements.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>SFFD Assistant Deputy Chief Ken Lombardi told KQED that the department isn't necessarily opposed to buying more maneuverable equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s not that simple,\" he said. \"We’re trying to buy a smaller engine. We just need to make sure that engine’s going to do the proper job.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pedestrian safety advocates like Frisbee see the resolution as a positive first step.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is absolutely something that’s possible,\" Frisbee said, \"and it’s something that’s really critical toward ensuring that public safety doesn’t just mean emergency response safety, but it means our safety out on the streets every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fire Department joins the city's mayor, Board of Supervisors, Public Health Department, Municipal Transportation Agency, Planning Department, Police Department, and Department of the Environment, as well as the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, in formally adopting Vision Zero polices, according to the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Pedestrian safety advocates agreed it was a long road to get the San Francisco Fire Department on board for a plan aiming to eliminate traffic-related deaths in the city by 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the city's Fire Commission unanimously passed a resolution Thursday night solidifying the department's commitment to the \u003ca href=\"http://walksf.org/about/goals-mission/vision-zero/\" target=\"_blank\">Vision Zero\u003c/a> goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it makes clear the fire department’s commitment to road safety, which is something that they’ve been struggling about how to express,\" said Tyler Frisbee, policy director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, which supports Vision Zero policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution comes about a week after the San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst's Office published a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=51265\" target=\"_blank\">report\u003c/a> urging the fire department to drop its opposition to \"traffic calming\" changes to the city's streets, which include narrowing some intersections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SFFD-urged-to-end-opposition-to-attempts-to-slow-6010560.php\" target=\"_blank\">reported\u003c/a> on the disagreements between city planners and the fire department on the issue:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At the center of the issue are what are known to engineers, planners and pedestrian advocates as “bulbouts” — wide, rounded extensions of sidewalks that serve to narrow street crossings and slow traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those and other traffic-calming measures are popular among planners trying to make streets safer by slowing traffic and making pedestrians more visible. But some fire departments, including San Francisco’s, believe that they interfere with their ability to navigate narrow streets and quickly attack fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, as the city has struggled to make its increasingly crowded streets safer and more efficient for bicyclists and pedestrians as well as cars, conflicts over bulbouts and narrowed streets have emerged, usually pitting bike riders and pedestrians against motorists. But planners and the Fire Department have repeatedly, though more quietly, clashed as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report from Harvey Rose, the Board of Supervisors’ budget analyst, concludes that, despite the city’s emphasis on pedestrian safety, the Fire Department lacks policies to design and buy fire engines and trucks that accommodate pedestrian safety improvements.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>SFFD Assistant Deputy Chief Ken Lombardi told KQED that the department isn't necessarily opposed to buying more maneuverable equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco officials have beat back an attempt to throw out the punishment against the only company cited in connection with one of the Bay Area's largest structure fires in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citation in connection with a massive fire in the Mission Bay neighborhood was the first enforcement against a construction firm for a fire safety violation in the city’s recent history. It led two agencies to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/18/mission-bay-blaze-prompts-call-for-stricter-fire-safety-rules\" target=\"_blank\">implement stricter safety rules\u003c/a> governing construction work at a time when the city is experiencing a development boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An administrative hearing officer recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243122609/T-C-Steel-Admin-Citation-Appeal-Decision\" target=\"_blank\">upheld the citation\u003c/a> issued by the San Francisco Fire Department against T.C. Steel, a Petaluma-based subcontractor, in connection with the five-alarm fire on March 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month later, the department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/15/mission-bay-fire-damage/%20\" target=\"_blank\">found the fire was accidental\u003c/a> but then \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/san-francisco-fire-department-issues-citation-in-massive-mission-bay-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">issued a $1,000 fine\u003c/a> against the company for not following rules aimed at guarding against fire risks from welding and grinding in the moments before the blaze. T.C. Steel \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/06/16/subcontractor-mission-bay-fire-disputes/\" target=\"_blank\">appealed that citation\u003c/a>, prompting a set of hearings to decide whether the sub-contractor conducted a hot-work fire-watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Testimony\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was during one of those hearings that T.C. Steel’s president and owner, Thomas Cleary, spoke publicly for the first time about the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/11/4-alarm-fire-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">fire that injured several firefighters\u003c/a>, caused $40 million dollars in damage, and could be seen for hours from around the central Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'It’s inaccurate. It makes it sound like we were dropping sparks right on the plywood with no protection at all.'\u003ccite>Thomas Cleary, President of T.C. Steel\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Cleary testified that his company had a clean safety record for the last quarter of a century. During that time, T.C. Steel had been involved in more than a thousand jobs, Cleary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he conducted his own investigation into the fire. He was given access to the building a week after the blaze, looked at photos and video, and even filed a public records request with the city to get a list of all of the sub-contractors doing work on the 1200 4th St. project. Suffolk Construction was and is the main contractor on the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleary said his company’s work was done safely. He vigorously disagreed with the fire department’s allegation that his workers did not abide by the fire code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s inaccurate,” Cleary said. “It makes it sound like we were dropping sparks right on the plywood with no protection at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire department has maintained that the blaze most likely burned from the roof, where T.C. Steel workers were conducting \"hot work,\" downward.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/tc-steels-thomas-cleary-testifies-on-mission-bay-fire\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to T.C. Steel President Thomas Cleary's testimony about the Mission Bay fire.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During his testimony, Cleary said the fire must have started inside the building a few floors below the roof. Cleary said the fire could not have burned through the roof, down inside the building, through welding blankets, plywood, and insulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mission Bay Fire did, in fact, burn a considerable amount. KQED has obtained \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243132277/4th-Street-1200-SF-Fire-Department-Photos\" target=\"_blank\">fire department photos\u003c/a> taken during the department's investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fine against T.C Steel was was one of the first fire safety violation issued by the fire department -- ever -- according to the fire marshal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Change to the Building Code\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years ago, California began using the International Code Council Standards, currently referred to simply as the building code. Those rules now allow for the use of wood joists or beams and lightweight structural frames in large building projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10344039\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10344039\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"The site of the Mission Bay fire at 1200 4th St., seven months later, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of the Mission Bay fire at 1200 4th St., seven months later, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire risks associated with those new rules “were spectacularly realized at the Mission Bay Fire,” said fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge. “The fire department is now taking a very proactive stance on the issuing of citations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Mission Bay blaze, the department traditionally issued citations for public safety violations, things like overcrowding or blocked exits. Fire officials have said the new construction in the city and the changes in building requirements that allow faster-burning materials in larger structures prompted the department to be more aggressive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, last month, the department issued two such citations to a company tied to another construction fire in the city. The fire department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/sf-fire-dept-construction-firm-removed-sprinkler-systems-contrary-to-directive\" target=\"_blank\">fined Build Group\u003c/a> for removing sprinkler systems at two sites after being told by the department to keep the systems in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, Build Group, disputes that charge and says the fire department approved the removal of sprinkler systems at both sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this year, the fire department has issued four fire safety citations against construction companies, Talmadge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citations carry $1,000 fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For some companies that’s a lot of money; for some companies, it’s a drop in the bucket,” said Talmadge. “But it really is the message and it’s also documented – next time there’s an application to do hot work or a permit application, that’s in the file for that company.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fire Watch Requirements\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There seems to be some confusion over how long the “fire watch” before the Mission Bay Fire was supposed to be maintained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the fire department cited T.C. Steel, Talmadge told KQED that the company had not satisfied a 30-minute requirement. The citation was prompted by a violation of San Francisco Fire Code section 3504.2 which states that the watch should continue for a minimum of 30 minutes after the end of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129434\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 301px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-129434\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/missionbayfire2.jpg\" alt=\"missionbayfire2\" width=\"301\" height=\"429\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mission Bay Fire. (Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the fire department noted that T.C. Steel was issued a city-wide hot work operations permit. Fire Marshal Michie Wong, in her testimony before the hearing officer, said as a special condition of that permit, the company was required to conduct a one-hour fire watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleary testified that the hot work permit issued to Suffolk, the main contractor, was for a 30-minute watch. He said he believed his crew was supposed to abide by the shorter time requirement stemming from Suffolk’s permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing officer, Claude Dawson Ames, sided with the fire department and agreed that T.C. Steel needed to keep watch for an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Given the fire investigator's timeline, it would appear that the workers only watched out for fire risks for a few minutes, at most.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>According to the fire investigator’s report, T.C. Steel's crew stopped welding at 3:10 p.m. They were on the ground 5 minutes later, and the construction site was cleared by 3:25 p.m. Given that timeline, it would appear that the workers only watched out for fire risks for a few minutes, at most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters were called to the scene about an hour and a half later. People from throughout the city and rest of the region could see flames and smoke from the blaze for the rest of the afternoon and evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Renoir Hotel Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the city's fire department has officially determined a three-alarm construction site fire at the old Renoir Hotel in San Francisco's Mid-Market area was an accident. The fire injured at least eight workers and caused $1.2 million in damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243133795/San-Francisco-Fire-Department-Investigation-Report-on-Renoir-Fire\" target=\"_blank\">department’s investigative report\u003c/a>, the fire at 45 McAllister St. on Aug. 4 was ignited from sparks from a stud welder during the renovation of the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation prompted the department to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/sf-fire-dept-construction-firm-removed-sprinkler-systems-contrary-to-directive\" target=\"_blank\">cite the project's main contractor\u003c/a>, Build Group, for removing the building’s sprinkler systems after being told by the agency to keep the systems in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire began on the second floor near an elevator shaft that was under construction in the center of the building, the report said. Welders doing work in the building began smelling what seemed like burning plastic, according to the investigation. They then saw smoke coming from the wood floor and began trying to put out the fire themselves using several portable water extinguishers. The fire continued to spread, so the workers fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10343988\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10343988\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/46.jpg\" alt='A stud welding gun at the \"area of origin\" of the Renoir Hotel Fire, \"removed from floor and hung on studs,\" according to the the fire department. (San Francisco Fire Department)' width=\"400\" height=\"286\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stud welding gun at the \"area of origin\" of the Renoir Hotel Fire, \"removed from floor and hung on studs,\" according to the the fire department. (San Francisco Fire Department)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials who entered the building after the blaze was extinguished said burn patterns indicated the fire started in a crawl space below the second floor and then traveled upward. They found a stud welding gun in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigators were unsure of what a stud welding gun was, so they looked it up on the Internet, among other things. They learned that it is a form of arc welding which can generate sparks. The technique is used to weld bolts or nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation, though, was unable to conclude what material was first ignited from those welding sparks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were able to determine the cause of ignition and the heat source, but they really didn’t determine what was the item that was first ignited,” fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. “We do know that it did definitely get into a wood structure, so obviously there could have been other items in there that maybe caught fire first and then it extended into the wood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has obtained \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243134686/San-Francisco-Fire-Department-Renoir-Hotel-Fire-Photos\" target=\"_blank\">fire department photos\u003c/a> of the Renoir Hotel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10343985\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10343985 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/37-2.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters working the scene of the Renoir Hotel Fire. (San Francisco Fire Department)\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters working the scene of the Renoir Hotel Fire. (San Francisco Fire Department)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The release of the fire department’s investigation comes as Build Group has intensified its challenge of the citations. SFFD \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/sf-fire-dept-construction-firm-removed-sprinkler-systems-contrary-to-directive\" target=\"_blank\">issued two safety citations\u003c/a> against the company in connection with the removal of fire sprinkler safety systems, one for the old Renoir Hotel and another for a project on Buchanan Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has said it is appealing the citations because it believes it followed the fire department’s instructions. In a statement issued last month, Charlie Goodyear, a representative of the company, said the firm “never received a directive instructing the company to not remove fire sprinklers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Build Group’s director of safety, Ron Bullock, the company has approved and stamped drawings from the fire department and the Department of Building Inspection that state the sprinklers would be removed during the renovation work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read Build Group's appeal letter for the Renoir Hotel citation \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243135175/Build-Group-SFFD-Citation-50052-Hotel-Renoir-Appeal-Letter-9-11-2014\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a> and the Buchanan Street citation \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243135506/Build-Group-SFFD-Citation-50053-218-Buchannan-Alta-Laguna-Appeal-Letter-9-11-2014\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>David Mariuz contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco officials have beat back an attempt to throw out the punishment against the only company cited in connection with one of the Bay Area's largest structure fires in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citation in connection with a massive fire in the Mission Bay neighborhood was the first enforcement against a construction firm for a fire safety violation in the city’s recent history. It led two agencies to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/08/18/mission-bay-blaze-prompts-call-for-stricter-fire-safety-rules\" target=\"_blank\">implement stricter safety rules\u003c/a> governing construction work at a time when the city is experiencing a development boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An administrative hearing officer recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243122609/T-C-Steel-Admin-Citation-Appeal-Decision\" target=\"_blank\">upheld the citation\u003c/a> issued by the San Francisco Fire Department against T.C. Steel, a Petaluma-based subcontractor, in connection with the five-alarm fire on March 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A month later, the department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/15/mission-bay-fire-damage/%20\" target=\"_blank\">found the fire was accidental\u003c/a> but then \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/san-francisco-fire-department-issues-citation-in-massive-mission-bay-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">issued a $1,000 fine\u003c/a> against the company for not following rules aimed at guarding against fire risks from welding and grinding in the moments before the blaze. T.C. Steel \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/06/16/subcontractor-mission-bay-fire-disputes/\" target=\"_blank\">appealed that citation\u003c/a>, prompting a set of hearings to decide whether the sub-contractor conducted a hot-work fire-watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Testimony\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was during one of those hearings that T.C. Steel’s president and owner, Thomas Cleary, spoke publicly for the first time about the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/11/4-alarm-fire-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">fire that injured several firefighters\u003c/a>, caused $40 million dollars in damage, and could be seen for hours from around the central Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'It’s inaccurate. It makes it sound like we were dropping sparks right on the plywood with no protection at all.'\u003ccite>Thomas Cleary, President of T.C. Steel\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Cleary testified that his company had a clean safety record for the last quarter of a century. During that time, T.C. Steel had been involved in more than a thousand jobs, Cleary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he conducted his own investigation into the fire. He was given access to the building a week after the blaze, looked at photos and video, and even filed a public records request with the city to get a list of all of the sub-contractors doing work on the 1200 4th St. project. Suffolk Construction was and is the main contractor on the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleary said his company’s work was done safely. He vigorously disagreed with the fire department’s allegation that his workers did not abide by the fire code.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s inaccurate,” Cleary said. “It makes it sound like we were dropping sparks right on the plywood with no protection at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire department has maintained that the blaze most likely burned from the roof, where T.C. Steel workers were conducting \"hot work,\" downward.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/tc-steels-thomas-cleary-testifies-on-mission-bay-fire\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to T.C. Steel President Thomas Cleary's testimony about the Mission Bay fire.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During his testimony, Cleary said the fire must have started inside the building a few floors below the roof. Cleary said the fire could not have burned through the roof, down inside the building, through welding blankets, plywood, and insulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mission Bay Fire did, in fact, burn a considerable amount. KQED has obtained \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243132277/4th-Street-1200-SF-Fire-Department-Photos\" target=\"_blank\">fire department photos\u003c/a> taken during the department's investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fine against T.C Steel was was one of the first fire safety violation issued by the fire department -- ever -- according to the fire marshal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Change to the Building Code\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several years ago, California began using the International Code Council Standards, currently referred to simply as the building code. Those rules now allow for the use of wood joists or beams and lightweight structural frames in large building projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10344039\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10344039\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"The site of the Mission Bay fire at 1200 4th St., seven months later, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12648_20141015_1200_4th_jt_005-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of the Mission Bay fire at 1200 4th St., seven months later, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fire risks associated with those new rules “were spectacularly realized at the Mission Bay Fire,” said fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge. “The fire department is now taking a very proactive stance on the issuing of citations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Mission Bay blaze, the department traditionally issued citations for public safety violations, things like overcrowding or blocked exits. Fire officials have said the new construction in the city and the changes in building requirements that allow faster-burning materials in larger structures prompted the department to be more aggressive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, last month, the department issued two such citations to a company tied to another construction fire in the city. The fire department \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/sf-fire-dept-construction-firm-removed-sprinkler-systems-contrary-to-directive\" target=\"_blank\">fined Build Group\u003c/a> for removing sprinkler systems at two sites after being told by the department to keep the systems in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company, Build Group, disputes that charge and says the fire department approved the removal of sprinkler systems at both sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far this year, the fire department has issued four fire safety citations against construction companies, Talmadge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The citations carry $1,000 fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For some companies that’s a lot of money; for some companies, it’s a drop in the bucket,” said Talmadge. “But it really is the message and it’s also documented – next time there’s an application to do hot work or a permit application, that’s in the file for that company.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fire Watch Requirements\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There seems to be some confusion over how long the “fire watch” before the Mission Bay Fire was supposed to be maintained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after the fire department cited T.C. Steel, Talmadge told KQED that the company had not satisfied a 30-minute requirement. The citation was prompted by a violation of San Francisco Fire Code section 3504.2 which states that the watch should continue for a minimum of 30 minutes after the end of work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129434\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 301px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-129434\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/missionbayfire2.jpg\" alt=\"missionbayfire2\" width=\"301\" height=\"429\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Mission Bay Fire. (Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But the fire department noted that T.C. Steel was issued a city-wide hot work operations permit. Fire Marshal Michie Wong, in her testimony before the hearing officer, said as a special condition of that permit, the company was required to conduct a one-hour fire watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cleary testified that the hot work permit issued to Suffolk, the main contractor, was for a 30-minute watch. He said he believed his crew was supposed to abide by the shorter time requirement stemming from Suffolk’s permit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing officer, Claude Dawson Ames, sided with the fire department and agreed that T.C. Steel needed to keep watch for an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">Given the fire investigator's timeline, it would appear that the workers only watched out for fire risks for a few minutes, at most.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>According to the fire investigator’s report, T.C. Steel's crew stopped welding at 3:10 p.m. They were on the ground 5 minutes later, and the construction site was cleared by 3:25 p.m. Given that timeline, it would appear that the workers only watched out for fire risks for a few minutes, at most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters were called to the scene about an hour and a half later. People from throughout the city and rest of the region could see flames and smoke from the blaze for the rest of the afternoon and evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Renoir Hotel Fire\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the city's fire department has officially determined a three-alarm construction site fire at the old Renoir Hotel in San Francisco's Mid-Market area was an accident. The fire injured at least eight workers and caused $1.2 million in damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243133795/San-Francisco-Fire-Department-Investigation-Report-on-Renoir-Fire\" target=\"_blank\">department’s investigative report\u003c/a>, the fire at 45 McAllister St. on Aug. 4 was ignited from sparks from a stud welder during the renovation of the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation prompted the department to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/sf-fire-dept-construction-firm-removed-sprinkler-systems-contrary-to-directive\" target=\"_blank\">cite the project's main contractor\u003c/a>, Build Group, for removing the building’s sprinkler systems after being told by the agency to keep the systems in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire began on the second floor near an elevator shaft that was under construction in the center of the building, the report said. Welders doing work in the building began smelling what seemed like burning plastic, according to the investigation. They then saw smoke coming from the wood floor and began trying to put out the fire themselves using several portable water extinguishers. The fire continued to spread, so the workers fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10343988\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10343988\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/46.jpg\" alt='A stud welding gun at the \"area of origin\" of the Renoir Hotel Fire, \"removed from floor and hung on studs,\" according to the the fire department. (San Francisco Fire Department)' width=\"400\" height=\"286\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A stud welding gun at the \"area of origin\" of the Renoir Hotel Fire, \"removed from floor and hung on studs,\" according to the the fire department. (San Francisco Fire Department)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fire officials who entered the building after the blaze was extinguished said burn patterns indicated the fire started in a crawl space below the second floor and then traveled upward. They found a stud welding gun in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigators were unsure of what a stud welding gun was, so they looked it up on the Internet, among other things. They learned that it is a form of arc welding which can generate sparks. The technique is used to weld bolts or nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation, though, was unable to conclude what material was first ignited from those welding sparks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were able to determine the cause of ignition and the heat source, but they really didn’t determine what was the item that was first ignited,” fire department spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. “We do know that it did definitely get into a wood structure, so obviously there could have been other items in there that maybe caught fire first and then it extended into the wood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has obtained \u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/doc/243134686/San-Francisco-Fire-Department-Renoir-Hotel-Fire-Photos\" target=\"_blank\">fire department photos\u003c/a> of the Renoir Hotel Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10343985\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10343985 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/37-2.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters working the scene of the Renoir Hotel Fire. (San Francisco Fire Department)\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters working the scene of the Renoir Hotel Fire. (San Francisco Fire Department)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The release of the fire department’s investigation comes as Build Group has intensified its challenge of the citations. SFFD \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/11/sf-fire-dept-construction-firm-removed-sprinkler-systems-contrary-to-directive\" target=\"_blank\">issued two safety citations\u003c/a> against the company in connection with the removal of fire sprinkler safety systems, one for the old Renoir Hotel and another for a project on Buchanan Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company has said it is appealing the citations because it believes it followed the fire department’s instructions. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_148601\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/480685115.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-148601 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/480685115-640x436.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White with Mayor Ed Lee at a City Hall ceremony in March. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White with Mayor Ed Lee at a City Hall ceremony in March. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amid a continuing crisis over ambulance response times in the city, San Francisco firefighters unions are telling Mayor Ed Lee they want him to fire SFFD Chief Joanne Hayes-White.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter signed by the heads of eight firefighter employee organizations and given to the mayor Wednesday, the unions say the Fire Department is \"failing to provide timely emergency medical response on a daily basis\" and blames \"the direction and leadership of the current administration.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’re just frustrated because all these crises that we’re facing were all foreseen crises. We knew we need more ambulances, we knew we needed more paramedics, we know we need better fire engines, we know we can do better,\" Tom O'Connor, president of San Francisco Firefighters Union Local 798, told reporters after an hourlong meeting with the mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor London Breed, a former fire commissioner, said she is also alarmed by the poor ambulance response times and is drafting a ballot measure to address the department's emergency medical services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an \u003ca href=\"http://m.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/S-F-supervisor-makes-case-for-fire-chief-s-5778519.php\">op-ed piece published on SFGate\u003c/a> Wednesday, Breed reiterated a \"no confidence\" declaration she made last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were 374 occasions when it took more than 20 minutes for ambulances to arrive — last month alone,\" Breed wrote. She noted \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=49337\">a June finding\u003c/a> from the Board of Supervisors' budget and legislative analyst that, despite the Fire Department getting funding for 16 new ambulances over the last three fiscal years, not one has been purchased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have lost faith in the department’s leadership, specifically its chief, to fix these problems,\" Breed wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Hayes-White said she will not resign and emerged from a City Hall meeting Wednesday saying she has the mayor's backing and is working to address the concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know I have the support, and I’m confident that like other things we’ve had to deal with, we’ll get through it and we’ll get through it together,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O'Connor said the meeting with the mayor was fruitful and that short-term solutions are being worked on, such as providing more private ambulances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our confidence is growing in our EMS system on the short-term level, but we still need to address the long-term problems,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter from the unions to Lee said the department has also been torn apart by \"a slew of lawsuits\" and called on the mayor to address their \"root causes.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Isabel Angell and Olivia Allen-Price\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-147864\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12048_photo.JPG-alt_145-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"A member of the San Francisco Fire Department prepares an engine that's heading to the King Fire, northeast of Placerville. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12048_photo.JPG-alt_145-640x480.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12048_photo.JPG-alt_145-1028x771.jpg 1028w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12048_photo.JPG-alt_145-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of the San Francisco Fire Department prepares an engine that's heading to the King Fire near Placerville. (Isabel Angell/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">A contingent of Bay Area firefighters is joining the massive force that's combating a huge, fast-moving blaze burning in the Sierra near the main road from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The \u003ca href=\"http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_details_info?incident_id=1059\" target=\"_blank\">King Fire\u003c/a>, which started last Saturday night, has burned about 18,500 acres near U.S. 50 north and east of the community of Pollock Pines. The fire is 5 percent contained. Cal Fire reports that more than 1,632 residences in and around the town of 7,000 are threatened, with 800 other structures in harm's way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area the fire has covered in just four days, equivalent to 29 square miles, is a little more than half the area of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">More than 2,500 firefighters from around the state are battling the blaze. A strike team from the Bay Area headed east Wednesday afternoon and they expect to be fighting the fire by this evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"I think we all know that this is probably one of the most serious fire seasons we've had in over 30 years,\" said Tom Siragusa, assistant fire chief in the San Francisco Fire Department and a strike team leader. \"I worked for the Cal Fire in 1976 and '77, the two last years of this type of drought, and [there were] very similar conditions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"right\">\u003cimg src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/09/17/fire.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\u003ch3>'On one hand it's very exciting, but you don't realize how exhausted you can be at the end of these opportunities.'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ccite>-- Tom Siragusa,\u003cbr>\nSFFD strike team leader\u003c/cite>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">The Bay Area strike team consists of units from a number of different departments. The San Francisco Fire Department is sending a single four-person engine. Two engines from San Mateo County and two from Marin County will also join the strike team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"It's an excursion, one I've done many times before,\" Siragusa said. \"I don't expect anything other than to go to work, and take care of the rest of the 21 members of the strike team.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">He says that working on a strike team is an adrenaline-producing experience, but by the end of a fire workers are thoroughly exhausted. The group from San Francisco has committed to 15 days, but they may do less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">Firefighters who want to join the strike team have to undergo a lot of testing, Siragusa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\"They have extra-special training to be able to go out on these strike teams, and it's not just anybody that's in the fire service that can do this -- or wants to do this,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p1\">\u003cem>This post includes reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_146776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/missionfire140904.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/missionfire140904-640x447.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco firefighters responding to a blaze on Mission Street between 22nd and 23rd streets. (Lee Fang via Twitter)\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-146776\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters responding to a blaze on Mission Street between 22nd and 23rd streets. (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/lhfang\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Fang\u003c/a> via Twitter)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The five-alarm fire that ripped through Big House Inc., on Mission Street between 22nd and 23rd streets, has now been largely contained. More than 100 residents are still waiting to return to their homes. Gas and electric are still off for many businesses and homes in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire started just after 1 p.m. and quickly grew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As smoke began pouring out, many Mission residents scrambled to evacuate, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2014/09/fire-at-mission-and-22nd/\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Local reports\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Paula Reina, who works at Marketing for Total Care Plus, clinic that just moved onto its new location on Mission Street on Tuesday, was right next to the fire. “I was working on my computer when my boss yelled “Fire” – Immediately, there was smoke. I couldn’t see anything. It was like 9/11 up in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctor Anthony Ngo, who owns the the Total Care Plus clinic, immediately evacuated his employees. “I saw black smoke out of the window and I couldn’t breath,” he said. “We gave everybody the day off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sasha Wrazinsky, who lives a few doors down on Bartlett, the street just West of Mission and behind the fire, saw clouds of smoke from her living room window. “My baby was napping and I just grabbed her and ran,” she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Several surrounding buildings have sustained smoke and water damage. The owner of New Mission City, next door to Big House Inc., says his whole store and all of its merchandise were destroyed in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Salvation Army, working with the Red Cross, has deployed a Disaster Response Team and mobile kitchen to assist fire crews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m.:\u003c/strong> San Francisco Fire Department Chief Joanne Hayes-White confirms that the business where the fire started has been cited twice for overcrowded conditions and narrow exit routes. More than 100 firefighters have been battling the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3:25 p.m.:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/09/04/fire-burning-in-the-mission-district\" target=\"_blank\">SF Weekly reports\u003c/a>: \"We talked to the fire department, which tells us that so far, five people have been transported to the hospital, three civilians and two firefighters. At 3:02 p.m., the front of the building was starting to separate, and fire crews were being pulled from the scene for safety reasons. A fire marshal tells SF Weekly that there's still alot of smoke at this time, so they can't see how much of the building has come down, but it's starting to collapse.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 3 p.m.:\u003c/strong> CBS-San Francisco \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/09/04/huge-fire-san-francisco-mission-district-torches-retail-store/\" target=\"_blank\">is reporting \u003c/a> that at least two people have been injured in the five-alarm blaze. Both suffered smoke inhalation and have been transported for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:25 p.m.: \u003c/strong>The San Francisco Fire Department has declared a fifth alarm for the fire burning on a crowded commercial block in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Previous post: \u003c/strong> San Francisco firefighters are trying to contain a three-alarm fire in the heart of the Mission District early Thursday afternoon. The Fire Department says the fire was burning at 2236 Mission St., between 22nd and 23rd streets. That's the address of a dollar store called Big House Inc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni is rerouting the 14, 14L and 49 bus lines to South Van Ness Avenue, and the San Francisco Department of Emergency Service is urging drivers to avoid the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's all the information we have at the moment. No reports of injuries yet, though we'll note that none of the buildings on the west side of the street, where the fire is burning, appear to be residential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"https://storify.com/kqednews/s-f-fire-department-battles-mission-district-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">our Storify\u003c/a> of social media coverage:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"storify\">\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/s-f-fire-department-battles-mission-district-blaze/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\">\u003c/iframe>[\u003ca href=\"//storify.com/kqednews/s-f-fire-department-battles-mission-district-blaze\" target=\"_blank\">View the story \"S.F. Fire Department Battles Mission District Blaze\" on Storify\u003c/a>]\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Lisa Pickoff-White and Bay City News contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/missionbayfire.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-129427\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/missionbayfire-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco firefighters respond to the fire at Fourth and China Basin streets on March 11. (KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco firefighters respond to the fire at Fourth and China Basin streets on March 11. (KQED) \u003ccite>(Mark Andrew Boyer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The massive fire in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood earlier this year is prompting a top Fire Department official to call for stronger safety rules for construction sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push for a stricter fire code comes as state workplace safety regulators investigate a subcontractor, Petaluma-based T.C. Steel, tied to the five-alarm fire that raced through an apartment building under construction in March. It also comes as both developers and Mayor Ed Lee’s administration plan for more housing construction to accommodate an influx of technology workers and the need for more affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire Marshal Michie Wong wants to require crews involved in welding and metal grinding to stay on the scene for a full hour after their work is completed for the day to ensure that sparks do not ignite. Currently, the city’s fire code mandates so-called fire watches to last only 30 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Fire Department ruled that the Mission Bay fire was accidental but issued a $1,000 citation earlier this year against T.C. Steel, allegedly for failing to abide by the 30-minute requirement. Investigators said the subcontractor’s workers left the work site just minutes after completing metal grinding and immediately before fire gutted the 172-unit apartment building at Fourth and China Basin streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Building boom fuels concern, though the number of construction fires is down so far this year from 2012 and 2013.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>T.C. Steel disputes that finding, saying it’s based on an interpreter’s misunderstanding of a statement from a Chinese-speaking worker. The company is appealing the citation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blaze prompted officials with the Fire Department and the Department of Building Inspection (DBI), weeks later, to issue an information sheet that warns construction crews to obey safety rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a Fire Department analysis for KQED, there have been 12 fires at construction sites in San Francisco so far this year. That compares with 37 for all of 2013 and 33 in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most recent was near the city’s Civic Center earlier this month. A three-alarm fire at the old Renoir Hotel at Market and McAllister streets injured eight workers on Aug. 4. State officials said welding sparks may have caused the fire, but the Fire Department has yet to release an official cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Wong, an assistant deputy chief, said the citywide surge in construction presents a fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With the wood-frame buildings, I’m definitely more concerned, especially with these housing developments and also the affordable housing developments the mayor is pushing for,” Wong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, over the last two fiscal years the building inspection department has hired 28 inspectors. DBI officials plan to hire even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is in the midst of a building boom and that is certainly a driving factor in our efforts to hire more inspectors to try and keep up with current demand,” said Bill Strawn, a spokesman for the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong is in talks with Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White to formulate an official proposal to extend the fire watch requirement to an hour. That proposal, if approved by the city’s Fire Commission, would then go to the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea for the extension already has been endorsed by DBI. Strawn said the department supports expanding the fire watch timeline, and Tom Hui, the agency’s director, recently signed an amended information sheet that also calls for increasing the fire watch requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear how the local construction industry feels about the proposal. Calls to the Building Industry Association of the Bay Area have yet to be returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one local expert thinks there could be other more effective ways to reduce the risk of construction project fires in the city instead of expanding the fire watch. David Rich is a principal at Reax Engineering, a Berkeley-based consulting firm made up of combustion and fire scientists specializing in fire safety design and code consulting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The extension of time can’t hurt, but there’s little research showing how long the transition from smolder to open flaming could take,” Rich said. “It would also be important to make sure the watchers were trained in what to look for and were diligent in inspecting areas that were combustible and close to hot work operations for signs of smoldering that could transition to open flaming later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health quietly began investigating T.C. 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Filippi says the unidentified firefighter stayed on the line for hours before “copping to” his injuries and being sent to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:51 p.m.:\u003c/strong> San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White says fire crews are getting the upper hand on the blaze, and have saved the surrounding buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes-White said that firefighters will be on the scene through the night. Streets around the fire will be closed through Wednesday, and possibly into the week as crews work to safely bring the remains of the building down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The apartment complex is very precarious, KQED’s Charla Bear reports. Parts of the building have already collapsed internally, and the top portion of the building is leaning to one side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 7:31 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Crews have been unable to get into the structure and determine the cause of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s concerns about getting into where we can get in because it’s going to be vulnerable,” Hayes-White. “We have a joint fire and police arson task force. They’ll have to determine cause and origin. We’ll talk to the contractors, whether it’s welding or — we don’t know. We have no idea.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes-White said that firefighters will be on the scene through the night. Streets around the fire will be closed through Wednesday and possibly into the week as the building comes down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The building is very precarious, and the top portion of the building is leaning to one side. Parts of the building have already collapsed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:55 p.m.:\u003c/strong> At the time, Hayes-White said it would take hours to contain the fire. More than 150 firefighters and about 85-90 apparatus are currently working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers had gotten off around 3:30 or 4 p.m, the fire chief said, and the fire had about an hour to smolder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It went up very quickly once it started,” she said, because there was no fire protection installed yet in the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayes-White described the blaze as “pretty significant” saying it had been years since there was a five-alarm conflagration in the city. She said it helped to look at previous fires the department had helped fight, especially the massive 2002 blaze at Santana Row in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Firefighters evacuated people in buildings down to Third Street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:41 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Firefighters put a fire curtain to help contain the blaze. There was a small fire that spread to a nearby building but it was contained, Hayes-White said at a press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winds could have made the fire much worse. Starting at 8 p.m. tonight, the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory, with gusts that could go up to 40 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 6:25 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Firefighters are battling a five-alarm blaze at Fourth and China Basin streets. The building has begun to collapse. 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