Four-Alarm Warehouse Fire on Pier 45

Firefighters are responding to a reported warehouse fire on Pier 45.

Firefighters are investigating at the scene.

Firefighters confirm a heavy black smoke condition at the end of Pier 45.

A fireboat is being requested to the scene.

Firefighters confirm an active warehouse fire at the scene.

Firefighters have classified this fire as two-alarm, assigning more units to the scene.

Officers are blocking traffic at Taylor Street and Jefferson Street.

Firefighters are now classifying this fire as three-alarm, assigning relief units to the scene.

Firefighters report that the building is collapsing.

Officers are working to evacuate occupants who are parked on the pier.

Multiple Citizen users show a fire completely engulfing a building on the pier.

Citizen user bobEG154 shows heavy black smoke billowing from the building.

Officers are still working to evacuate all Pier 45 occupants.

Officers report that the fire is in danger of spreading to other buildings on the pier.

Firefighters report that more parts of the building are collapsing from the fire.

Officers report that there is a partial building collapse on the southern part of the pier.

Port Authority units are being requested to the scene.

Officers report that the fire has spread to two buildings and is in danger of spreading to a third.

Officers are blocking traffic as far as The Embarcadero and Powell Street.

Firefighters are now classifying this fire as four-alarm, assigning additional units to the scene to combat the heavy blaze.

Officers are working to evacuate the last of the pier occupants as the fire spreads.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter shows firefighters working at the scene of a major fire.

Officers report that the pier has been fully evacuated. Officers have taped off additional entrance routes.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter shows a fireboat at the scene.

Firefighters currently have the fire contained to a section of the pier and are working to control the flames.

Officers confirm that a quarter of the buildings on the pier were lost to the flames.

Multiple Citizen users show a heavy black smoke condition still visible from the pier.

Firefighters have been unable to enter the engulfed buildings and are currently extinguishing any hotspots at the scene.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter shows firefighters continuing to work to contain the fire at the scene.

The SFFD Bureau of Equipment (BOE) is being requested to the scene to assist.

Traffic has been closed off on The Embarcadero from Powell Street to Taylor Street.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter shows fireboats at the scene working to contain the fire.

Coast Guard units are being requested to stop non-SFFD boats from going near the pier.

Multiple Citizen users show a heavy smoke condition still present at the scene. It is unclear if the fire has been extinguished.

Police Marine Units are being requested to the scene.

Coast Guard units and Police Marine Units are at the scene working to control traffic in the water.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter reports that the fire is still active and four-alarm status. Firefighters were able to save the SS Jeremiah O'Brien Museum from the flames. The fire is no longer in danger of spreading and is contained to one area of the pier. Multiple walls of the building have collapsed. No injuries have been reported and at least 130 firefighters are at the scene working to safely contain the fire.

The address reported for this incident has changed to Pier 45.

Citizen user MRAQ shows the smoke condition from their vantage point on the water.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter is giving a live press conference at the scene.

Multiple Citizen users show a smoke condition still visible from the pier.

Police Marine units are allowing three fishing boats into the harbor at a time while firefighters continue to work at the scene.

Firefighters are continuing to work to contain the fire.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter reports that the four-alarm fire is still active. Approximately 150 firefighters have been called to the scene to contain the fire. Firefighters discovered that the fire had spread underneath the pier when working to contain the flames. One firefighter has been injured and is in stable condition. No civilian injuries have been reported.

Firefighters report that the fire has been active for approximately six hours.

Police and Coast Guard units are continuing to monitor street and water traffic near Pier 45.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter reports the fire is contained. Firefighters will continue putting water on the fire's remnants into the evening.

From the scene, SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter shares that the Jeremiah O'Brien vessel was not damaged. He also confirmed there were no injuries from the fire. Lt. Baxter also reports the cause of the fire is not known at this time.

While the fire is contained, 75 firefighters will remain on scene to ensure the fire is completely extinguished, according to SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter.

SFFD PIO Lt. Jonathan Baxter provides a video update to the public on the status of the fire that occurred on Saturday.