San Francisco firefighters injured in Wednesday morning blaze

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Three San Francisco firefighters were hospitalized Wednesday morning after sustaining injuries while responding to a large three-alarm house fire in the Marina District, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.

Approximately 145 firefighters battled the blaze at the three-story home in the 2500 block of Chestnut Street, fire officials said. The fire has been contained and is under control as of 6 a.m.

Earlier Wednesday morning at 4:15 a.m., arriving firefighters saw heavy fire from the second floor of the building. Those flames were initially extinguished, but the fire had spread to the third floor and to the three-story building to the left, according to SF Fire Chief Dean Crispen…

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