San Francisco firefighters battled a four-alarm warehouse fire Saturday night in the Bayview district that destroyed an industrial warehouse and displaced two people.
The fire at the warehouse at Toland Street and Evans Avenue spread to a building that had a restaurant at ground level and an apartment above, officials said.
Two people lived in a residential unit, according to Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesman for the fire department. They were uninjured by the fire and are receiving assistance from the Red Cross, Baxter said.
The fire caused power failures in the southern part of the city, and the warehouse collapsed, firefighters said. Crews restored power by about 2 a.m., Baxter said.
The blaze was contained shortly before midnight, and the cause of the fire is under investigation, firefighters said. Baxter said it may take a few weeks to determine the cause.
SF Firefighters on scene at a 4th alarm Fire on Evans and TOLAND #yoursffd pic.twitter.com/aNjfR9KKE9
— San Francisco Firefighters 798 (@SFFFLocal798) March 1, 2020
Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the area, was on the scene and said there were several downed power lines.
“Thank you to our committed firefighters who save lives everyday,” he wrote on Twitter.
Smoke and embers delayed southbound traffic on Interstate 280 during the peak of the fire.
Roland Li is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @rolandlisf
