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File: Firefighters responded to a fire reported on the fifth floor of a residential building at 330 Clementina Street sometime after 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, 2018.The blaze was contained around 4:45 p.m., according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
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File: Firefighters responded to a fire reported on the fifth floor of a residential building at 330 Clementina Street sometime after 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, 2018.The blaze was contained around 4:45
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Photo: Bill Hutchinson /
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Data source: San Francisco Fire Dept.
Data source: San Francisco Fire Dept.
Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP
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San Francisco averages about 200 fires each year, according to the data, with only three percent being three-alarm or greater. Total fires went up by 5 percent from 2016 to 2017, with District 1, which includes the Richmond neighborhood, seeing the largest bump from 6 fires in 2016 to 21 last year.
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San Francisco averages about 200 fires each year, according to the data, with only three percent being three-alarm or greater. Total fires went up by 5 percent from 2016 to 2017, with District 1, which includes
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Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP
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The Bayview/Hunter's Point, the Mission and the Tenderloin lead all other SF neighborhoods in total fires since 2012. Together, the three neighborhoods have hosted about 28 percent of the 1,221 city fires reported since 2012.
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The Bayview/Hunter's Point, the Mission and the Tenderloin lead all other SF neighborhoods in total fires since 2012. Together, the three neighborhoods have hosted about 28 percent of the 1,221 city fires
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Photo: Ted Andersen, Source: SF Fire Dept.
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District 10 (Bayview/Hunters Point, Potrero Hill) and District 6 (Tenderloin, Mid-Market, SoMa) tallied the most fires with 210 and 201, respectively. The next closest was District 8 (Castro, Upper Market, Duboce Triangle) with 106 fires.
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District 10 (Bayview/Hunters Point, Potrero Hill) and District 6 (Tenderloin, Mid-Market, SoMa) tallied the most fires with 210 and 201, respectively. The next closest was District 8 (Castro, Upper Market,
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Photo: Ted Andersen, Source: SF Fire Dept.
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The number of city fires steadily decreased from 2013 until 2016 but then went up again last year. San Francisco experienced 1,221 fires between 2012 and 2017.
The number of city fires steadily decreased from 2013 until 2016 but then went up again last year. San Francisco experienced 1,221 fires between 2012 and 2017.
Photo: Ted Andersen, Source: SF Fire Dept.
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Instances of three-alarm fires or greater shot up in 2014 but have been on a steady decline ever since. Overall, just three percent of all of SF's fires are three-alarm or greater.
Instances of three-alarm fires or greater shot up in 2014 but have been on a steady decline ever since. Overall, just three percent of all of SF's fires are three-alarm or greater.
Photo: Ted Andersen, Source: SF Fire Dept.
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San Francisco has experienced 13 fires that were 4-alarm or greater since 2012.
San Francisco has experienced 13 fires that were 4-alarm or greater since 2012.
Photo: Ted Andersen
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A map of residential housing density for San Francisco based on 2010 US Census numbers.
A map of residential housing density for San Francisco based on 2010 US Census numbers.
Photo: City And County Of San Francisco Department Of Public Health
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San Francisco firefighters battle a raging blaze on 22nd Street in the Mission District in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. In 2017, the Mission experienced 16 fires — its lowest annual tally in more than half a decade — compared to 23 in 2016.
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San Francisco firefighters battle a raging blaze on 22nd Street in the Mission District in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. In 2017, the Mission experienced 16 fires — its lowest annual tally in
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Photo: Vivian Ho
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File: Firefighters responded to a fire reported on the fifth floor of a residential building at 330 Clementina Street sometime after 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, 2018.The blaze was contained around 4:45 p.m., according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
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File: Firefighters responded to a fire reported on the fifth floor of a residential building at 330 Clementina Street sometime after 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, 2018.The blaze was contained around 4:45
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San Francisco fire officials investigate fire in 13-story South of Market apartment building
San Francisco fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that broke out inside a residential building in South of Market on Saturday afternoon.
Thirty-seven firefighters responded to a fire reported on the fifth floor of the 13-story apartment building at 330 Clementina Street at 4:18 p.m. The blaze was contained at 4:37 p.m., according to the San Francisco Fire Department.
No injuries were immediately reported.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation. Fire investigators do not consider the blaze to be suspicious at this time, said San Francisco fire Lt. Jonathan Baxter.
Lauren Hernandez is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: lauren.hernandez@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @LaurenPorFavor