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The San Francisco Fire Department and the Port of San Francisco continue to investigate what caused the four-alarm fire that ripped through the city’s Pier 45.

Volunteers with the SS Jeremiah O’Brien National Liberty Ship Memorial say that while the historic World War II cargo ship “escaped mostly unscathed” from the four-alarm fire on Saturday at Pier 45 in San Francisco, the organization that supports it did not fare as well. Sergio Quintana reports.

Volunteers with the SS Jeremiah O’Brien National Liberty Ship Memorial say that while the historic World War II cargo ship “escaped mostly unscathed” from the four-alarm fire on Saturday at Pier 45 in San Francisco, the organization that supports it did not fare as well.

The San Francisco Fire Department saved a piece of American history from a fire that occurred at the city’s Pier 45 on Memorial Day Weekend.

Firefighters in San Francisco are battling a four-alarm fire at Pier 45 Saturday morning, the fire department tweeted.

It’s one hit after another for some businesses at Pier 45 in San Francisco after a fire tore through a warehouse there early Saturday. Yet some are feeling nothing but gratitude. Jackie Ward reports.

Firefighters battling a massive blaze that tore through a warehouse at San Francisco’s Pier 45 heroically saved the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a historic ship used in World War II. Sergio Quintana reports.

A four-alarm fire damaged a warehouse at San Francisco’s Pier 45 Saturday morning. (Video courtesy of Jose Perez)

A powerful four-alarm fire ravaged through a warehouse at San Francisco’s Pier 45 Saturday morning. (Jose Perez)

San Francisco Fire Department Chief Janine Nicholson explains what firefighters had to do to salvage the SS Jeremiah O’Brien, a historic ship used during World War II.

A powerful four-alarm fire ravaged a warehouse at San Francisco’s Pier 45 Saturday morning. Sergio Quintana reports.

Raw video of a 4-alarm warehouse fire at San Francisco’s Pier 45.