El Tecolote Vol. 45 Issue 6

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Celebrating

FREE//GRATUITO

45 years

of community journalism

Published by Acción Latina Marzo 26-Abril 8, 2015

Vol. 45 No. 6

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Las secuelas del incendio del 11 de marzo

Aftermath of March 11 fire

City takes action after latest deadly blaze La ciudad interviene tras último incendio fatal

Elisabetta Silvestro El Tecolote

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hree major fires have ravaged the Mission District since last September, causing three deaths and displacing dozens of people and businesses. The latest fire, at the corner of 24th Street and Treat Avenue, killed 38-year-old Mohamed Shaibi and his 13-year-old daughter, Amal Shaibi, and sent the three other members of their family to the hospital. The two-alarm fire broke out around 4:30 a.m. on March 11 in a second-story home above Maurice’s Corner Liquor, which the family owned. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, said San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge. Investigators are interviewing witnesses, and while it is still not known if building smoke detectors were working, they definitely weren’t audible. When the firefighters arrived at the scene, they saw heavy black smoke coming from a window,

and a person trying to escape said Mark Gonzales, SFFD deputy chief of operations. That person was Shaibi’s 17-year-old son. The youth passed his unconscious 6-yearold brother out of the window to the firefighters, who revived the boy on the street. The older brother was then brought down and given CPR as well. A second unit arrived on the scene, rushing up the stairs leading to the front door, to find Mohamed’s daughter collapsed in the doorway. She too was brought outside and given CPR. Firefighters went up the stairs, passing underneath the fire, and found the mother and father in the hallway. They couldn’t go back through the front door, which was now blocked by the fire, so they left from the back of the house. Firefighters also found two people sleeping in the familyowned liquor store, which had a padlock securing the gate from the outside. It appeared that they were sleeping there with permission from the owner and were aware

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covered and was transferred to St. Francis Memorial Hospital’s burn unit, where his mother and older brother were. Mohamed Shaibi was pro-

res grandes incendios han devastado el Distrito de la Misión desde el pasado septiembre, causando tres muertes y el desalojo de docenas de personas y negocios. El más reciente incendio, ocurrido en la esquina de la calles 24 y Avenida Treat, cobró la vida de Mohamed Shaibi, de 38 años, y de su hija, Amal Shaibi, de 13, mientras otros tres miembros de la familia permanecen hospitalizados. El incendio de dos alarmas comenzó alrededor de las 4:30 a.m. el 11 de marzo, en el segundo piso de la Licorería Maurice’s, la cual era propiedad de la familia Shaibi. La causa del incendio está aún bajo investigación, dijo la vocera del Departamento de Bomberos de San Francisco (SFFD), Mindy Talmadge. Los investigadores continúan entrevistando a testigos, mientras que aún se desconoce si los detectores de humo

See fire, page 2

Vea incendio, página 2

David Campos habla respecto a la importancia de las alarmas contra incendio durante conferencia de prensa llevada a cabo en la Estación de Bomberos No. 7, localizada en las calles 19 y Folsom. David Campos speaks about the importance of fire alarms at a press conference outside the San Francisco Fire Station 7 at 19th and Folsom streets. Photo Angelica Ekeke of being locked inside, said John Darmanin, SFFD captain of arson task force. Mohamed and Amal and the 6-year-old boy were rushed to San Francisco General Hospital in critical condition. The boy re-

1. Un incendio en el 2632 de la calle Misión, impregnó de humo a la vecindad el 4 de septiembre de 2014. A fire at 2632 Mission Street filled the neighborhood with smoke on Sept. 4, 2014. Photo Santiago Mejía 2. Un incendo de 4 alarmas envolvió en llamas el edificio ubicado en las calles 22 y Misión el 28 de enero. A 4-alarm fire engulfed the building at 22nd and Mission streets on Jan. 28, 2015. Photo Elisa Parrino 3. Escombros afuera de la tienda Maurice’s Corner, ubicada en las calles 24 y Treat e incendiada el 11 de marzo pasado. El fuego provocó la muerte de dos residentes del edificio. Debris sits at the corner of 24th and Treat streets outside of Maurice’s Corner Liquor, which burned on March 11, 2015. The fire resulted in the deaths of two of the building’s residents. Photo Bridgid Skiba 4. Notas y flores recordando a los residentes fallecidos recientemente en el incendio ocurrido en la esquina de las calles 24 y Treat la madrugada del 11 de marzo. Notes and flowers remembering the residents who recently died in a fire that burned the corner store at 24th and Treat the morning of March 11. Photo Mabel Jiménez


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