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No suspect caught yet in string of suspicious fires
- Authorities are continuing to probe a series of arson fires that were set early Monday morning in the entrances of several residential buildings in the densely populated Pacific Heights and Nob Hill neighborhoods.
- Authorities are continuing to probe a series of arson fires that were set early Monday morning in the entrances of several residential buildings in the densely populated Pacific Heights and Nob Hill neighborhoods.
Mysterious fire breaks out on cargo plane
- Two pilots of a DHL cargo plane preparing for takeoff Saturday night escaped from an onboard fire by crawling out of the plane’s cockpit windows.
Fire could summon 14th-century fear
- When thinking of the plague, one might conjure images of 14th-century English villagers surrounded by rats and fleas, perhaps dragging swollen corpses out to a cart to the cry of “Bring out your dead!”
- When thinking of the plague, one might conjure images of 14th-century English villagers surrounded by rats and fleas, perhaps dragging swollen corpses out to a cart to the cry of “Bring out your dead!”
Smoky skies could return to San Francisco after clear day
- Soot particles from the fires raging in Northern and Central California may begin to fall on San Francisco and the Peninsula again today after the area saw relatively cleaner air-Wednesday, officials said.
Fires erupt across county on hot weekend
- Scorching heat roasted San Mateo County as firefighters battled four major structure fires during a 30-hour span during the weekend, all while dozens of their counterparts fought ferocious wildfires in other parts of Northern California.
Arson suspected in forest inferno
- A transient who alerted authorities to a fire near Half Moon Bay on Tuesday was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of starting the blaze, police said.
Woodside fire burns property, cars and hillside
- A spark from a welding torch may have started a blaze that burned down a carport, two vehicles and a hillside of vegetation Saturday evening, according to fire officials.
Electrical problem may have sparked morning house fire
- A fire in a house displaced one family on the same day that a blaze on San Bruno Mountain temporarily closed a middle school.
- A fire in a house displaced one family on the same day that a blaze on San Bruno Mountain temporarily closed a middle school.
Explosion sparks two-alarm fire
- Kelly Shaw was at home with her two children late Tuesday morning when she heard a loud explosion — her floors shook and a black cloud of smoke appeared outside her window.
- Kelly Shaw was at home with her two children late Tuesday morning when she heard a loud explosion — her floors shook and a black cloud of smoke appeared outside her window.
Son saves ailing mother from fire; 40 firefighters finally tame blaze
- When a blaze tore through Maxine Dunivant’s home, she was sure she would die.
Fire companies head home from blaze
- Many of the local engine companies sent to help battle the fire in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties were expected to be sent home after the fire reached 80 percent containment Monday, a Cal Fire spokesman said.
Agencies unite against mountain blaze
- Dozens of firefighters from San Francisco and San Mateo counties count among the nearly 2,900 who are still fighting the Summit fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Blazing days leave Brisbane uneasy
- Running through whipping wind and clouds of ashy smoke, Ana Contreras rushed into the home of her former boss on San Bruno Mountain to find a swarming grass fire only yards away from the two-story home.
- Running through whipping wind and clouds of ashy smoke, Ana Contreras rushed into the home of her former boss on San Bruno Mountain to find a swarming grass fire only yards away from the two-story home.