Garage Fire Displaces Two Seniors From Alabama St. Homes

San Francisco CA

11 December, 2021

10:22 AM

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By Eleni Balakrishnan and Anlan Cheney, Mission Local December 9, 2021 An elderly man is being treated for smoke inhalation after a garage fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in his 3-story residential building at 1538-1540 Alabama St., between Cesar Chavez St. and Precita Ave. The fire department first received a call just before 3 p.m., and upon arrival saw smoke billowing out of the ground-floor garage. The fire was quickly contained to the garage, but both residents of the 2-unit building have been displaced due to "heavy smoke damage," said Assistant Fire Chief Brook Baker, who was on the scene this afternoon. Andre Castagne, who lives on the second floor and owns the building, was not seriously injured but was transported to the hospital to be monitored overnight. He will turn 90 in a few months. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.