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Oct 14, 2009 10:34 pm US/Pacific

Two-Alarm Fire Near San Francisco's Union Square

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― Nine San Francisco firefighters were taken a local hospital for evaluation Wednesday night after responding to a two-alarm fire that broke out in a high-rise building in city's Union Square neighborhood, a fire department spokesman said.

The fire was reported around 6:55 p.m. in the 11-story Tiffany building at 360 Post St., fire Lt. Ken Smith said. Responding firefighters found heavy smoke on every floor of the building.

Smith said the fire, which was electrical in nature, was located in the basement of the building and extinguished by about 7:25 p.m.

Approximately 100 firefighters responded to the incident and nine were taken to a local hospital for possible smoke inhalation, Smith said.

He said no merchandise inside the Tiffany store was damaged, but that the store would likely be closed Thursday because a large amount of smoke entered the business. The store comprises the first two floors of the building, Smith said.

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