THIS COULD POTENTIALLY MEAN FOR TRUMP IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >>> THE OTHER BIG STORY, FLAMES JUST LIKE THESE DESTROYED A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT HEAT GETTING SO INTENSE THAT IT MELTED STREETS AND DAMAGED BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS WHAT THE RAGING INFERNO SOUNDED LIKE. TAKE A LISTEN. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AT 6:00 THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF OCTAVIA AND OAK STREETS. AT ONE POINT AS FLAMES RACED TO THE STRUCTURE, PARTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE JUST GAVE WAY. >> WHEN I PULLED UP I THOUGHT WE WOULD SEE A FULL BLOCK GO DOWN. >> YOU CAN HEAR THE POPPING OF THE BUILDING AS THE STRUCTURE WAS FAILING. FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT WITHOUT DOORS AND INSULATION THERE WAS NOTHING TO STOP THE FLAMES. THIS EVENING, A NEW TWIST TO THE STORY. IT TURNS OUT THE NEIGHBORS WERE WORRIED ABOUT FIRE DANGER AND JOSE MARTINEZ IS LIVE WITH THAT PART OF THE STORY. JOSE? >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS DESTROYED BUILDING, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS STRUCTURE. LUCKILY NOBODY WAS HURT BUT EIGHT PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED. RESIDENTS SAY THAT WHILE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION, SOME SAY THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FLAMES THAT DESTROYED A BUILDING HAVE LEFT RESIDENTS LIKE JENNIFER SHOCKED. >> LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. NOW WE HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT NEIGHBORS THIS PLACE. THE HEAT GOT SO HOT THAT ALL OF THE WINDOWS ARE CRACKED, SO WE DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THESE NEIGHBORS WILL BE IMPACTED. >> Reporter: SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE HAYES VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND HAS LIVED HERE SINCE 2017. SHE SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS A MYSTERY, AS INVESTIGATORS WORK TO DETERMINE WHAT STARTED THE BLAZE, IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT FIRES HAVE HAPPENED HERE. >> A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE AREA BEHIND ME HERE. THERE WAS A CAR THAT WAS LIT ON FIRE AND A TENT IN THE MEDIAN THAT HAD BEEN LIT ON FIRE AND CYCLISTS WHO WERE PASSING BY PULLED SOMEBODY OUT OF THE TENT. THERE WAS A FIRE THAT WAS AT THE SITE ITSELF ON APRIL 24th. >> SHE EXPLAINED IN THIS LETTER THAT SHE SENT TO THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY LEADERS BACK IN MAY. >> WE SENT THIS TO OTHER LEADERS IN THE CITY AND BASICALLY GOT NO RESPONSE, SO WE OUTLINED OUR CONCERNS THAT SOMETHING MORE MAJOR COULD HAPPEN. WE DO NOT KNOW IF THIS FIRE IS THE RESULT OF, YOU KNOW, A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE HAD A STRING OF FIRES UP AND DOWN HERE THAT HAVE CAUSED GRAVE CONCERN FOR NEIGHBORS, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. >> Reporter: SHE BELIEVES THAT THINGS HAVE REACHED A CRITICAL POINT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS ATTENTION FROM CITY OFFICIALS. >> WE ARE REALLY TRYING HARD TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND TRYING HARD TO MAKE HAYES VALLEY A FUN PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME TO, THAN THIS. WHY WON'T OUR CITY OFFICIALS DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? IF THEY DON'T HAVE RESOURCES, THEN THEY NEED TO CALL IN RESOURCES FROM THE CITY, STATE OR NATIONAL GUARD TO TRIAGE THESE ISSUES. >> Reporter: THE CITY SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND THAT RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ARE FRUSTRATED AND THAT THE MAYOR IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE STREETS SAFE AND CLEAN. THE SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS TOO EARLY TO TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE CAUSE. >> WE WILL COME TO A CONCLUSION AT A LATER TIME.
