CREWS EVACUATED THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA WERE ORDERED TO SHELTER IN PLACE. IT WAS LIFTED AFTER 1:00, THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. NO WORD ON WHAT MATERIAL TRIGGER THE RESPONSE. >> IT'S THE ONLY SAFEWAY GROCERY STORE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO FILLMORE DISTRICT AND AFTER 40 YEARS, IT'S CLOSING. SAFEWAY EXPECTS TO SHATTER THE BUILDING IN EARLY MARCH AND THAT WILL LEAVE SOME CUSTOMERS DISAPPOINTED AND LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO GET THEIR GROCERIES. >> THE SAFE RATE GROCERY STORE WILL BE CLOSING OF STORES AFTER SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 40 YEARS. >> I'M FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL LOSE OUT ON THIS. >> FOR YEARS, REX HAS SHOPPED FOR GROCERIES HERE. HE'S DISAPPOINTED IT'LL BE CHANGING. >> I CAN'T PAY REGULAR PRICES, I'M ON FOOD STAMPS. THIS IS THE PLACE I COME TO. THIS IS MY GO TO PLACE, TWO TIMES A WEEK. THE OTHER ONE GOT CLOSED. YOU KNOW, I WISH THEY WOULDN'T CLOSE THIS PLACE DOWN. >> THE NEAREST SAFEWAY WOULD BE IN THE CASTRO. SAFEWAY SAID IN PART, SAFEWAY RECENTLY ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO SELL 3.68 ACRES OF LAND AT WEBSTER PLAZA IN THE FILLMORE DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO. SAFEWAY SAID IT SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO BRING HOUSING TO THE CITY. SOME CUSTOMERS SEE IT THIS WAY. >> I THINK IT'S MORE OF THE THEFT THAT'S GOING ON IN THE STORES, IT'S RAMPANT OVER HERE. >> SOME TOOK NOTICE, SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE. THE CUSTOMERS ARE WONDERING WHERE THEY WILL SHOP MOVING FORWARD AND WHAT IMPACT THE CLOSURE WILL HAVE. >> I THINK IT'S HORRIBLE, SO MANY PEOPLE NEED THIS GROCERY STORE. SO MANY PEOPLE NEED THIS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S REALLY SAD. >> THE SUPERVISOR SAID IN A STATEMENT, HE'S EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF A GROCERY STORE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HE SAID HE WELCOMES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE LOT BUT DOESN'T THINK IT SHOULD BE AN EITHER OR SITUATION. HIS OFFICE HAS REACHED OUT TO SAFEWAY AND THE DEVELOPERS TO TRY TO INCLUDE A STORE IN THE NEW PLANS. IN THE MEANTIME, THEIR
