Bernal Heights House Fire Displaces Family of 7 as Investigators Look at E-Bike as Possible Cause
It was barely past 6:30 in the morning when Giselle Basilio found herself running through a smoke-filled hallway with six family members right behind her.
She said the heat hit her before she even saw the flames. “I couldn’t even breathe. I felt like we were going to pass out. But we made it on time, at the door.”
They got out. Not everyone did.
The Fire Moved Fast
On September 2, 2026, San Francisco Fire Department units were dispatched at 6:27am to the 700 block of Anderson Street in Bernal Heights. What they found was not a small kitchen fire. The entire first floor was fully engulfed…