--- description: Nearly 150 firefighters struggled to contain the inferno title: Fire Guts San Franisco Apartment Complex image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57a4635dae411cb4/6986850255a8596bbda7fa9a/time-a-san-francisco-fire-140311.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Massive Blaze Guts San Francisco Apartment Complex  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 9:12 AM CUT  Firefighters battle a fire burning in San Francisco, March 11, 2014. Firefighters battle a fire burning in San Francisco, March 11, 2014.Jeff Chiu—AP  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2014 9:12 AM CUT A massive fire [swept](http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/11/us/san-francisco-construction-blaze/ "undefined") through a construction site in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood Tuesday evening. CNN reports that nearly 150 fighters struggled to contain the blaze as it engulfed a $227 million dollar residential development and threatened to spread to nearby buildings. Fire officials said they had evacuated several hundred residents from the area. Mayor Ed Lee thanked the fire department for keeping the blaze within the construction site, [according](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5-alarm-fire-burns-san-francisco "undefined") to the Associated Press. “The very real potential of severe damage to other homes, businesses, and structures in the neighborhood was avoided,” he said. Officials have not yet determined the cause of the fire. \[[CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/11/us/san-francisco-construction-blaze/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21023/massive-blaze-guts-san-francisco-apartment-complex/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21023/massive-blaze-guts-san-francisco-apartment-complex/"},"headline":"Massive Blaze Guts San Francisco Apartment Complex","datePublished":"2014-03-12T09:12:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:42:59.059Z","description":"Nearly 150 firefighters struggled to contain the inferno","url":"https://time.com/21023/massive-blaze-guts-san-francisco-apartment-complex/","keywords":["San Francisco","fire","Construction","firefighters","evacuation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57a4635dae411cb4/6986850255a8596bbda7fa9a/time-a-san-francisco-fire-140311.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57a4635dae411cb4/6986850255a8596bbda7fa9a/time-a-san-francisco-fire-140311.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Firefighters battle a fire burning in San Francisco","caption":"Firefighters battle a fire burning in San Francisco","creditText":"Jeff Chiu—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/21023/massive-blaze-guts-san-francisco-apartment-complex/","name":"Massive Blaze Guts San Francisco Apartment Complex"}}]}] ```