Electric Scooter Ignites San Francisco SoMa Apartment Complex Fire; One Person Injured

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – San Francisco Fire Department crews have contained a fire at a multiple-story residential complex early Thursday morning that was ignited by an element from an electric scooter and sent at least one person to the hospital, according to fire officials.

The blaze was first reported at 4:47 a.m. at 330 Clementina St. in the city's South of Market, fire officials said. Heavy smoke was reported on the 9^th floor and 10^th floor residents were ordered to shelter in place.

Confirmed this fire caused by electric component of E-scooter https://t.co/tg3sz5EcdJ
— SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT MEDIA (@SFFDPIO) March 5, 2020

Firefighters on the scene of an apartment complex fire on the 330 block of Clementina Street in San Francisco on March 5, 2020. (KCBS Radio)

Two people were rescued, with one transported to a hospital in moderate condition, fire officials said. The fire was reported contained at 5:11 a.m.

Fire officials didn't immediately say how many people were displaced.

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