Five people were sent to local hospitals and 12 displaced from their apartments on Saturday after a one-alarm fire struck a four-story Mission District apartment building. The fire likely started from a scooter, a fire department spokesperson said.
San Francisco fire fighters were called out to 1825 Mission St., a 126-unit building near 15th Street and across from the Armory, after a fire started at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Captain Mariano Elias said.
While the fire, which appeared to have started in one unit on the fourth floor, was put out without incident, the subsequent rescue took time, Elias said. Many seniors live in the building, and “a lot of people had to be escorted and/or rescued from the building,” he said…