Crime & Safety

UPDATED: San Bruno Pizza Parlor Goes Up in Flames [PHOTOS, VIDEO]

The two alarm structure fire broke out around 10:30 a.m.

Images show smoke coming from a San Bruno business on Jan. 26, 2015. COURTESY: Will Stevens.

UPDATE 12:45 p.m.:

A car crashed into a pizza parlor in San Bruno Monday, damaging a gas meter and causing the building to catch fire, authorities said.

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The fire was reported sometime before 10:30 a.m. in the 900 block of El Camino Real, prompting a response by fire and PG&E crews.

San Mateo County fire dispatchers said that as of 12:15 p.m., the fire had been brought under control.

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“We sent a crew out right away and they’ve been working with first responders to make the area safe and stop the flow of gas,” PG&E spokeswoman Brittany McKannay said.

San Mateo County officials said that El Camino Real was closed in both directions at I-380 in San Bruno, with an estimated opening time of 2 p.m.

Eddie Grauf, owner of European Car Service, which is located near the fire, identified the affected business as Seniore’s Pizza.

“The whole place burned down,” Grauf said. “There were flames 10, 15 feet high.”

“Everything is blocked off,” he added. “We have no electricity.”

Photos and video posted to social media showed Seniore’s Pizza on fire with a white vehicle also in flames.


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ORIGINAL STORY AS FOLLOWS:

Authorities are responding to a two-alarm structure fire in San Bruno near Interstate Highway 380.

Redwood City fire officials tweeted at 10:28 a.m. about the incident near the intersection of Forest Lane and Green Avenue.

California Highway Patrol officers are also responding to assist with the blaze, CHP officials said.

More details about the incident were not immediately available.

– By Bay City News Service.

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