San Francisco firefighters extinguish 2.5-acre Bayview brush fire

San Francisco firefighters knocked down a 2.5-acre brush fire in Bayview after crews were called to Quesada Avenue and Fitch Street around 1:27 p.m., near the shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Firefighters stayed on scene after bringing the blaze under control to watch for hot spots and keep the fire from spreading farther into the neighborhood.

The San Francisco Fire Department said the fire in the Bayview district had been extinguished and that crews would remain on scene for another hour to monitor the area. By 3:30 p.m., the fire was out. No buildings were threatened, and the response kept the fire from reaching nearby structures along the edge of the Bayview-Hunter’s Point area.

The location matters for nearby residents because Quesada Avenue and Fitch Street sit beside one of San Francisco’s most closely watched industrial waterfront corridors, where the now-shuttered Hunters Point Naval Shipyard remains a visible landmark. A brush fire there can move quickly across dry ground and send smoke through surrounding blocks before crews get water on it, making a fast response essential for people living and working nearby.

ABC7 described the fire as being in San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunter’s Point neighborhood, and the fire department’s cleanup work centered on preventing flare-ups after the main fire had been extinguished. The incident ended without reports of damaged buildings, but the scene underscored how quickly a grass fire in Bayview can draw a large emergency response in an area shaped by open land, heavy traffic and the long-vacant shipyard site.