California Highway Patrol officers blocked the eastbound Treasure Island I-80 off-ramp on Saturday afternoon as firefighters battled a blaze in the area.
The department tweeted that the two-acre blaze had been contained shortly after 4 p.m. The San Francisco Police Department, U.S. Park Police, and Golden Gate National Parks Service all assisted battling the fire with fire extinguishers, the fire department said.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
The SFFD previously said on twitter it was a two alarm wildland fire with no injuries reported or damage to structures.
The tweet said a department’s fireboat is responding to the incident and said the second alarm was triggered at 4:06 p.m.
A video on Twitter showed a fireboat on the scene shooting jets of water onto flames and smoke that appear to have sprung up on a low cliffside visible from the San Francisco waterfront.
San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney represents District 6 which includes the area and described it as a brush fire.
Speaking shortly after 4 p.m., Haney said the fire started within the previous 30 minutes or so and that it was not immediately clear how it had been started.
The firefighter’s union, San Francisco Firefighters Local 798, tweeted that there were water supply issues for land crews battling the fire and access issues for the fireboat on the scene.
Chase DiFeliciantonio is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: chase.difeliciantonio@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ChaseDiFelice
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