11 Men Burned Fighting Car Fire in Home Garage Eleven San Francisco fire fighters were burned when gasoline vapors ignited while they were fighting a small fire around an auto in the basement garage of a home. The gasoline tank cap had blown off during the fire. When an auto is burning in a garage, it is standard procedure in San Francisco to push it to the street and then extinguish the fire. In the Ingleside District fire at 10:52 p.m. last March 11, however, it was impossible to do this because of the steep ramp up to the street. A small fire around the auto was quickly extinguished, and the hood was raised to check for fire when the gasoline tank cap blew off as a result of the expansion of gas caused by the heat of the fire. Fire fighters, aware of the danger, immediately shut off a…
