SUNDAY CONNECT: Wildfire on Yerba Buena Island shuts down Bay Bridge site visitors for 2 hours Saturday afternoon

2024-05-19 18:39:30

A fireplace broke out on Yerba Buena Island, also called Treasure Island, on Saturday afternoon, shutting down site visitors on By Bridge for greater than two hours. At round 2:30 p.m., firefighters responded to a grass fireplace in an uninhabited space of the island, which was “uncontrolled” and inaccessible on foot, in order that they dispatched a fireplace boat and finally introduced the blaze beneath management and Some lanes have reopened. [Chronicle]

Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and steep terrain. pic.twitter.com/RJJ6JvzHlg

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The San Francisco Public Library is internet hosting an exhibition honoring Bay Space artist Ralph Chessé, recognized for his mural on the second ground of Coit Tower. However he was additionally a profitable puppeteer, creating the youngsters’s tv puppet present “The Buzz Brothers,” and you’ll see lots of his puppets. [KPIX]
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