A fourth playground fire in the month of May broke out in the Outer Richmond at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday night, burning down the playground structure at Lincoln Park. This comes on the heels of two recent fires at nearby Lafayette Elementary School that destroyed a PTA storage shed and the schoolyard play structure, and a May 10 fire also at Lincoln Park.
The San Francisco Fire Department could not yet confirm arson or serial arson, but the arson task force, composed of investigators from the fire and police departments, is assigned to the case, according to Lt. Mariano Elías of the San Francisco Fire Department.
“It is concerning,” Elías said. “The chief has said that it is unacceptable. We are looking to apprehend someone.”
Lincoln Park’s playground, located at the southeastern edge of the park near Clement Street, has now been closed off by yellow tape. The playground at Lafayette Elementary School on 36th Avenue between Balboa and Anza streets has been fenced off. Parents and students wove a work of art into the fence to obscure the wreckage…