Police Arson Unit Investigating Neighborhood Fires

Police in San Francisco are looking into whether three fires set in the city’s Castro neighborhood Monday morning are connected. The first fire happened just before 4 a.m. at 19th and Castro streets. A truck there was burned and suffered significant damage. About 30 minutes later, arson investigators were called to a fire on Hartford Street, a few blocks away. It started in a garbage can and spread to a home there. According to the Chronicle, a third fire also broke out on Hartford, right across the street.