Firefighters were called to several suspicious fires this month — two at a local elementary school and two at a nearby park.
The first fire broke out on May 1, when firefighters responded around 1:30 a.m. to calls of a storage container burning outside Lafayette Elementary School. A shed containing thousands of dollars of school merchandise and event decorations was completely destroyed, according to the school’s Parent Teacher Association.
On May 10, another fire was reported at the playground at nearby Lincoln Park around 11 p.m. The blaze burned a hole through a slide but caused no further damage.
A few days later, on May 18, a second fire broke out at Lafayette Elementary School around 10:30 p.m. The school’s playground was completely decimated, leaving behind only rubble and twisted metal.
On May 21, firefighters responded to a final emergency call at Lincoln Park around 11 p.m., after a flare-up at the park’s play structure. According to Daniel Montes, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department, the playground was entirely destroyed.
