(Bay City News) The four-alarm fire at San Francisco's Pier 29 on Wednesday afternoon caused nearly $2.4 million in damage, a fire department spokeswoman said today.
The blaze was reported at about 1:50 p.m. at the two-story waterfront building located at the intersection of The Embarcadero, Sansome and Chestnut streets. The building was vacant and under construction in preparation for the America's Cup sailing race in 2013.
Firefighters spent more than two hours attacking the fire from several angles, including from a fireboat on the Bay, before extinguishing the flames at 3:59 p.m., fire officials said.
The cause of the blaze had not been determined as of this morning, but a fire investigator has estimated the damage to the structure at $2.37 million, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said.
The building is slated to house the operations staging area for the America's Cup regatta, according to Monique Moyer, executive director of the Port of San Francisco.