A three-alarm fire tore through the top floors of an apartment building in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood early Friday morning, prompting multiple rescues and evacuations with no injuries immediately reported.

Around 3:30 a.m, the San Francisco Fire Department said their crews were called to a six-story residential building in the 100 block of Golden Gate Avenue after flames were reported. It was initially classified as a one-alarm fire before it quickly escalated to a three-alarm blaze as they found flames on the structure's upper floors.

Fire officials said multiple residents were rescued or were able to escape on their own during the first alarm. A cat was also rescued and treated by paramedics before being handed over to Animal Control.

A total of 45 residents were displace

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