at the time the plaintiffs in this lawsuit lived in this home owned by ethan magganas and hillary was one of the tennants. >> just trying to force us out of our home, making up things, starting construction while we were still living here. >> reporter: last year the tennants filed a lawsuit alle alleging magganas used aggressive and illegal efforts to erect him and then starting to demolish the home while they were still in it. we spoke with ethan magganas and told us he does not think the fire has anything to do with the past or the lawsuit. >> as far as the past, we offered the theme were there in the past relocation. they refused. they were only interested in money, out-of-pocket money. >> reporter: and magganas says he plans to complete the project, having taken out an $8 million construction loan earlier this year. >> we're anxious to get started. >> reporter: laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> b.a.r.t. is disputing one of the salaries made by its janitors showing he received $276,000 in overtime, salary and benefits. b.a.r.t. says he earned so much money because he signs up for every

there you heard it from ethan magganas. his building. do you plan to rebishlgsd sir? >> definitely. >> reporter: thanks for joining me. >> thanks, guys. >> reporter: >> laura, great job for getting the owner live. >>> the top three candidates for police chief in san francisco might be named in a closed door meeting. community leaders want mayor ed lee to have more choices and believe that an asian-american candidate should be in the running for that post. the police commission says it's been reaching out to various committees in the city. the meeting gets under way at 5:00 p.m. tonight. >> sky 1 was over southbound 101 where a big rig overturned just before the 880 off ramp this morning. our traffic camera on 101 had a good view as crews used a large crane to upright the rig slowly but surely around 11:45. no reports of injuries, but some fuel did spill on the roadway. and let's take a look at the live look and the traffic in the area looks pretty average for this time of the day. 101 southbound backed up and northbound looking pretty good with 880 flowing in both dir