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Fire marshal: Mission District saw larger fires, many accidental; arson task force cuts backlog but investigations remain
Summary
The Fire Marshal presented a multi‑year analysis showing the Mission District averaged about 17 working structure fires per year but experienced more 'greater alarms' last year; the department reduced its investigative backlog from roughly 407 to 135 open reports and identified electrical faults as a leading accidental cause in the Mission.
Fire Marshal DeCocio told the commission that the Mission District’s overall number of working structure fires has stayed roughly flat since 2004 — "it's roughly 17 a year" — but last year the district experienced more greater‑alarm incidents, producing larger and more disruptive fires. "We had more greater alarms than we typically would have…Last year, we had 7 in the Mission," the fire marshal…
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