SAN FRANCISCO - Nearly three dozen people in San Francisco are looking for new places to stay after a four-alarm fire broke out early Friday morning, damaging five homes.

The homes are located on Fifth Avenue near Balboa Street in the Richmond District.

Some are now boarded up as the people who lived in them are figuring out what to do next.

"What happened? I'm wondering how it started, the source of it," said Ken Fong, who surveyed the damage at his father's home, one of five damaged by the fast-moving fire.

He gave KTVU access to the backyard to see the back of his neighbor's property.

Officials said the fire started in that neighbor's backyard.

"Half the San Francisco Fire Department responded. I'm very grateful for that. I'm just a little overwhelmed," said Fong.

His 90-year-o

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