Midtown on Fire
On the way home from the gym this evening, I spied a curl of smoke coming from what appeared to be the Capitol area. It wasn’t until I got closer to home that I realized the source was, well, closer to home (not quite too close for comfort, thankfully).
Driving down N, the smoke thickened and the sound of sirens wailed. The smoke was so heavy that I couldn’t even tell its source - thinking for a moment it might have been one of the many restaurants on Capitol between 20th and 16th Street.
Living a few blocks from the scene of the action and deciding that this blog gave me license enough to join the massive crowd of on-lookers gathered at 19th and Capitol, I hoofed it on over, camera in tow. What I found was a 3 story, classic midtown structure that’s been completely ruined by fire - taking with it a local business and likely several residences. I’m sure the local news will have a good update for us later (and I’ll try to update this site as well). In the meantime, click for a few more photos of the massive number of SFFD trucks and law enforcement parked up and down Capitol and across 19th.
I hope this makes you all double check your smoke alarm batteries, remember to pick up fire extinguishers, and get renter’s insurance.
Looking up Capitol, towards the Capitol.
Looking down Capitol, towards Jack’s.
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Wow! This is what metroblogging is about! It’d be interesting to hear from somebody who was directly affected by fire on this blog. Guess few people know about the sac metblog. Anyway, cool pics too. I love the sun glinting through the trees in the 2nd pic. What businesses were hit?