The fire that tore through a huge apartment complex being built in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood last month was sparked unintentionally by a “hot or smoldering object” from construction work, reports sfgate.com.
A preliminary San Francisco Fire Department report on the March 11 fire does not identify the object that radiated the heat but says it ignited wood framing between the top floor of the six-story structure and the roof.
Flames from the sixth floor quickly spread throughout the block-size building on Fourth Street near China Basin Street, sending black smoke thousands of feet into the sky and marking the city’s largest fire in years.
A Fire Department spokesperson aid more details on how construction work led to the fire — and what the smoldering object was — would be released in coming weeks.
It remains unclear who exactly started the fire. The complex was being built by Boston-based Suffolk Construction, but dozens of subcontractors were enlisted.
The new report estimates fire damage to the building at $40 million. Two firefighters sustained minor injuries responding to the fire.
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