Wild video shows the moment a U-Haul was set on fire during an unruly illegal sideshow in San Francisco that saw scores of rabble rousers wreak havoc on a quiet street over the weekend.
The chaos unfolded in the city’s sleepy Outer Sunset neighborhood just after 4:30 a.m. on Saturday when dozens swarmed the area for the raucous street takeover, cops said.
Disturbing video obtained by NBC Bay Area captured a white car doing burnouts as smoke filled the air just moments before the U-Haul was torched and went up in flames.
Other clips posted on social media showed multiple people posing for photos on the truck’s hood as the inferno raged behind them.
Furious neighbors said roughly 1,000 people flooded the street at one point before cops managed to break it up.
“I called the police, and they took a half hour to get here. And then they fire-bombed a truck over here,” local resident, Dennis Gallagher, told the outlet.
“I can’t remember anything like this before.”
Responding officers arrived on the scene to find multiple cars “driving recklessly and setting off fireworks,” cops confirmed to The Post.
Multiple people are believed to have set the truck ablaze before fleeing, police said.
Fire crews were eventually able to extinguish the blaze and the police department’s arson task force is now probing the ordeal.
“Sideshows are extremely dangerous. They put participants at serious risk of injury or death, endanger innocent bystanders, disrupt neighborhoods, block emergency vehicles, and divert critical police resources from other emergencies,” a police spokesperson said.
“These events have no place on our streets.”
Neighbors, however, blasted the initial law enforcement response — claiming it took well over 30 minutes for them to start quelling the chaos.
“When they take that long to get here, there’s something wrong,” Gallagher said.
The U-Haul saga erupted as another sideshow saw part of the Bay Bridge shut down over the weekend as a crowd set off fireworks and cars spun in circles on the thoroughfare.
The city recently started doubling fines for sideshows to $1,000 dollars — up from $500 — in a bid to crackdown on the unruly chaos.
“We are actively working with community members, city officials, and partner law enforcement agencies to reduce and prevent sideshows,” a police spokesperson said.
“Our department is deploying targeted patrols, using technology to identify and track offenders, and pursuing consequences for individuals who organize or participate in these events.”
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