SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Fire officials in San Francisco on Sunday were responding to criticism from SF Supervisor Aaron Peskin about the approach crews used during a huge four-alarm fire in North Beach the night before.
Peskin, who represents the neighborhood, was openly critical of the efforts Saturday night, claiming firefighters waited too long to start dousing the flames with water.
On Sunday, at least a fire commissioner told KPIX 5 Peskin was wrong. The three-story building in the heart of San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood started burning before 8 p.m. Saturday and escalated quickly. The department said the fire was under control by 1 a.m.
FirefighterNation: San Francisco Four-Alarm Fire
