Mission Bay fire

Mission Bay fire

Water jets attempt to contain the massive blaze
Date	March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11)
Location	Mission Bay, San Francisco, California
Coordinates	37°46′17.4″N 122°23′30.5″W
Type	Fire
Non-fatal injuries	2 firefighters

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 Fourth Street.[5]

By the end of the day, the 150 firefighters dispatched to the event managed to mostly contain the fire. One firefighter sustained second-degree burns to the face and hands, and a fire chief sprained an ankle, but no other casualties were reported.[6]

References

1. "Breaking: 5-Alarm Fire Burning In Mission Bay Construction Site [Updates]". SFist. Archived from the original on 2014-03-15.
2. "Big San Francisco fire getting under control". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
3. Fancher, Emily. "Five-alarm fire destroys half of BRE Properties' Mission Bay apartment complex". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
4. Pritchett, Ken. "Massive fire destroys $227M high-rise construction project". KTVU. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
5. Nelson, Katie. "San Francisco: Massive fire causes catastrophic damage to half-built apartment complex in Mission Bay". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
6. "San Francisco Firefighters Mopping Up Massive Mission Bay Blaze". KQED. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

External links

• Time-lapse video