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Toilet Fires: Still Funny, But Actually No Longer Funny

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OK OK, first thing's first: burning porta-potties is uncool, illegal, and potentially dangerous. And they "may sound funny," but they're actually not, as the SF Examiner reminds us today. Except they still kind of are, especially when a post-mortem photo of one runs alongside a story about the rash of portable toilet fires. The mystery arsonist of Russian Hill (and Pac Heights and Cow Hollow, apparently— see map below) has been dubbed, according to the article, the "Toilet Torcher" and the "Loo Lighter"— what, no "Poo Pyro"? Police have extra feet on the ground now in hopes of finally nabbing the perpetrator, who has burned at least 19 porta-potties to date. By the way, the torchings aren't the first of their kind; a few years ago, a similar arsonist in West Sacramento burned at least two dozen over the course of three years before being caught. Sounds like ours is going to catch up in just a couple weeks— barring a ride to jail, anyway.
· Toilet fires no laughing matter [SF Examiner]
· Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture [Curbed SF]
· Just Trying to Stop the Carnage [Curbed SF]
· This Shit Is Not OK [Curbed SF]

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800 Bay St

1400 Block of Vallejo

700 Block of Chestnut

800 Block of Chestnut

1400 Block of Vallejo

1200 Block of Filbert

Octavia & Green

Van Ness & Vallejo

Filbert & Pierce

Franklin & Jackson

Lombard & Scott

1651 Washington St

Union & Taylor

1100 Block of Filbert

3000 Laguna St

1400 Greenwich St

Gough & Union

1200 Washington St

2600 Vallejo St