A San Francisco couple are suing their landlord and property managers after a bizarre fire ripped through their Lower Nob Hill apartment building that allegedly started when a neighbor’s guest tried to burn a tick off a dog, setting the animal ablaze.
The fire broke out on March 12, 2024, inside a second-floor unit at 825 Post St., according to a fire department report filed as evidence with the lawsuit. The accidental blaze sent two people to the hospital, displaced 10 residents, and caused an estimated $400,000 in damage, city records show.
According to the complaint filed in San Francisco Superior Court this month, the displaced tenants argued that the fire never would have happened if the building’s no-pet policy had been enforced. The fire department’s investigation found that the fire started when a tenant and her guest used an open flame to remove a tick from a dog they weren’t allowed to have. The dog caught fire and ran through the unit, igniting nearby furniture and curtains, the fire department report said…