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VIDEO: Fire in San Francisco’s North Beach neighbourhood displaces 15 people

Click to play video: 'Flames light up night sky as 4-alarm fire engulfs North Beach neighbourhood in San Francisco'
Flames light up night sky as 4-alarm fire engulfs North Beach neighbourhood in San Francisco
Fire officials in San Francisco, Calif. are investigating a four-alarm fire that displaced 15 people Saturday night – Mar 18, 2018

Authorities say they have contained a fire that shot up flames from a building in a San Francisco neighborhood and sent a massive plume of smoke into the sky.

The Fire Department posted video of the flames tearing through the second story of a building on the corner of a block Saturday as firefighters shot water into its windows.

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The department said on Twitter that there are no injuries but that 15 people say they’ve been displaced. The Red Cross and city were helping them.

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Photos showed the fire burned above a liquor store and other businesses. Firetrucks with their lights flashing surrounded the site in the North Beach neighborhood.

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