Strong wind gusts bring tree down on Bay Bridge and panels off SF high-rise

SAN FRANCISCO – Highly effective wind gusts created chaos in San Francisco Tuesday, blowing a tree onto the Bay Bridge, ripping a roof off of a home, and toppling bushes throughout the town.

There have been many shut calls.

Witnesses say two large panels of steel fell onto parked vehicles from the highest of the high-rise constructing that homes the San Francisco Public Utilities Constructing at 525 Golden Gate Avenue.

Moses Tafuna of San Pablo says his household was sitting inside their car when one panel hit the again of their automobile.

“I used to be standing outdoors the embassy ready for my cousin and I heard one thing like an enormous explosion,” stated Tafuna.

The lady in a single automobile was inside when the steel shattered her automobile window.

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SFPUC spokesman John Cote stated the panels got here from the SFPUC constructing.

“These had been extreme winds, and this was an unlucky state of affairs. We’re wanting into precisely what occurred, and we’re taking steps to make sure the constructing is protected for folks going by and for these inside,” stated Cote.

Throughout the town, an enormous tree on the nook of Garfield Sq. Park at twenty fifth Avenue and Harrison, got here crashing down Tuesday, turning utility and energy traces right into a tangled mess. The vehicles beneath had been smashed, however thankfully nobody was inside.

David Wolf, a San Francisco resident who lives close by says he misplaced his web service.

“Working at residence, after which I got here outdoors to see what was occurring on the intersection and there was a number of PG&E gear,” stated Wolf.

Individuals close by had been amongst greater than 7,000 San Francisco residents who misplaced energy Tuesday.

San Francisco avenue crews working into the night time had been attempting to meet up with all of the requires downed bushes.

On Potrero Avenue close to twenty fourth Avenue tree limbs crashed onto Muni bus traces and destroyed a bus cease down the block from San Francisco Common Hospital. 
Nobody was harm, however from 2pm, that block of Potrero was closed.

The winds induced choas all day.

Bay Bridge visitors got here to a close to standstill after a tree fell onto westbound lanes of interstate 80 proper on the Yerba Buena tunnel.

The limbs hit one car that was towed away. The driving force was not injured however crews labored till 8pm to clear the particles.

“We’re getting a number of calls. In truth we have had 88 wind associated calls, that is along with our regular 911 calls,” stated San Francisco Fireplace Division spokesman Capt. Jonathan Baxter.

Emergency crews known as on the general public to assist.

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“If in case you have unfastened gadgets please safe them so they do not fly into an individual or trigger a hazard,” stated Capt. Baxter.

Winds additionally ripped the roof off one residence on Russia Avenue within the metropolis’s Excelsior District and blew it into one other residence throughout the road.

“I used to be within the bed room up there within the nook I heard this noise, it was an enormous loud bang,” stated Allan Factora, san francisco

On South Van Ness a surveillance digital camera caught one large tree crashing down into the parking zone Saint Mary and Saint Martha Church.

“I noticed the tree first after which once I regarded to ensure that all people was okay, I noticed my automobile all broken,” Ayelen Ledzma of San Francisco.

“Our arborists are working by the night time. They’re additionally on standby as a result of it should proceed,” stated Beth Rubenstein, the San Francisco Public Works Division’s Deputy Director of  Communications.

“It is actually vital you name 311 or use your 311 app, but when it is hitting an electrical wire…or if there is a security subject, name 911,” stated Rubenstein.