Mission Bay Inferno Leaves San Francisco Apartment Complex Project As Total Loss

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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) It was a long night for San Francisco firefighters who remained at the scene early Wednesday and continued to pour water on the firein Mission Bay that destroyed a large under-construction apartment building Tuesday evening.

The project on the west side of Fourth Street between China Basin and Mission Rock, near AT&T Park, is expected to be a total loss. Officials said the structure would likely fully collapse on its own, but a contractor has been called in to develop a plan to safely take down the building. There is no timeline for that project, and a perimeter will be kept up around the building indefinitely.

On Wednesday, occasional flames were visible through a fine curtain of mist created by the water blowing in wind along with falling debris and shards of glass on Fourth Street.

San Francisco Deputy Fire Chief Mark Gonzales said the building had partially collapsed on itself, but that there was concern about the scaffolding on the outside coming down as well. Some residents in surrounding buildings were still under evacuation orders because those buildings do not have fire protection in them. An estimated 30 units will be uninhabitable for an indefinite amount of time.

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Some of those buildings on the Fourth Street, their exterior sprinklers were activated during the fire, so we cant get in there to replace them, Gonzalez said. A lot fire protection is off in those buildings.

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said at a news conference at the scene Wednesday morning that the cause of the fire remains under investigation, but noted that it started above ground.

They were doing some welding, we dont know what occurred there, Lee said.

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Mission Bay Inferno Leaves San Francisco Apartment Complex Project As Total Loss