A fire ravaged the inside of the Tikka Masala restaurant and one other building on the 1600 block of Haight Street last month, with more than 100 firefighters responding to the three-alarm call.

The fire was reported at 4:45 a.m. on Tuesday, December 22, which officials say began in the tradesman area of the building, which is a side area of the building that is used to access the garbage area and the utility box.

The fire then burned its way into the two residences above, however there were no injuries reported. Three members of a family who were in the first floor apartment were helped out by a woman.

“All I smelled was a lot of smoke and I tasted gas literally in my mouth. Then I went in the back and was looking for my father and he said call 911,” fire victim Maria Miller told ABC news.

“We did have fire between the walls there and we had a search in progress. There was a report of someone who was not found in the building. We found that not to be the case. Everyone has been accounted for at this point in time. This is just a big fight for us in this particular fire. It is just a lot of fire in a lot of different places,” SF Fire Department Lt. Ken Smith told ABC.

By the end the fire had spread next door to a clothing store, and is estimated to have caused half a million dollars worth of damage in all.

At this time investigators are not calling the fire suspicious.

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