A co-owner of a San Francisco residential moving company is scrambling to keep his small business afloat after a suspected arson destroyed or damaged half of his fleet, leaving him to figure out how to keep serving clients with half the trucks he started with.
The account comes from KTVU FOX 2, which reports that the co-owner is trying to keep operations running and continue serving clients in the wake of the fire. Specific details about when or where the fire happened, how many trucks were involved, and how the blaze started have not been made public, and the company's name and the co-owner's identity have not been released.
A Small Business Left Scrambling
Losing half a moving fleet overnight is the kind of blow that can sink a small operation fast — trucks are the business, and a residential mover without enough of them can't keep appointments, let alone take new ones. For now, the extent of what's known is limited to the station's report that arson is suspected and that roughly half the company's vehicles were destroyed or damaged, leaving the rest of the story, including any police or fire department findings, still unconfirmed.
Not the First Time Trucks Have Burned in SF
This isn't the only recent case of a commercial vehicle going up in flames on San Francisco streets. A U-Haul truck caught fire during an illegal sideshow in the Outer Sunset District on Dec. 27, 2025, according to KRON4. In that incident, the San Francisco Police Department said a preliminary investigation found that multiple suspects vandalized the truck and set it on fire before fleeing in a vehicle, and 911 calls indicated more than 100 spectators had gathered at the illegal event.
There is no evidence tying that sideshow incident to the moving company fire, and the two cases remain unconnected in the available reporting. Separately, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California has described a case in which a tow company operator named Badillo was indicted over an alleged scheme to burn competitors' tow trucks, including two tow trucks set on fire in San Francisco in April 2023. That case, too, has no established link to the moving company fire, and investigators have not connected the incidents.
What Remains Unknown
Much about the moving company fire is still unverified, including the date and location of the blaze, the number and identity of the vehicles affected, and any official findings from police or fire investigators. No arrests or charges tied to this specific incident have been reported. For now, the only confirmed detail is the one at the center of the story: a small San Francisco business owner trying to keep his trucks rolling after suspected arson tore through half his fleet.
