troy boyd lost everything.r the friends who gave him a place to live and took him shopping for clothes. >> it's hard to be like woe me when everybody is wrapping their arms around all of us and, you know, it's hopeful. this is great to see this side of humanity. >> the cause of the fire that damaged several buildings is under investigation. >>> 4:58. coming up on "today in the bay" and all new overnight north korea firing two unidentified projectiles. up next what experts say is their motive. >>> and we are going to take you out live to glide memorial church in san francisco as we do every year. thousands getting a meal today. that's next. you're watching "today in the bay" on this thanksgiving day. ♪ here in the club i can't even hear my own voice. ♪ ♪ jack in the box would've been a better choice. ♪ head to jack in the box and experience the joy of missing out with my $3 mini munchies. get 'em delivered with doordash. ♪ only at jack in the box! ♪♪ should have gone to jack, a they've got it all. ♪ head to jack

. >> reporter: troy boyd and his neighbors grabbed what they could and got out. >> i got my i.d., my phone, my social security card, shoes, and it was 4:00 in the morning, so i could barely put a thought together. >> when i was in the kitchen and the smoke was coming out, just breathing it. i didn't think about putting a towel over my face or something. >> reporter: the fire broke out directly across the street in the historic castro theater. luckily no damage here. but these two buildings were not so lucky. the fire department said one tenant was trapped on the second floor. >> that individual ended up escaping out the back window. >> reporter: investigators say the fire likely started in the back of this bar and spread to the sushi restaurant next door. >> we went pretty much from just having fire in the back to having both attics fully involved and the fire wanting to push out into this building and this building. >> i opened our back door,me. >> reporter: michael mallory esca the clothes on his back and a pair of sandals. he was later allowed back into his placed this, extensive

. >> reporter: troy boyd and his naps grabbed what they could and got out. >> i got my id, phone, social security card and shoes. it was 4:0 in the morning. >> when i was in the kitchen and the smokes was coming out, just breathing it. i didn't think of putting a towel over my face. >> reporter: the fire broke out across the street from the castro theater. no damage here, but these two buildings were not so lucky. the fire department said one tenant was trapped on the second floor. >> that individual ended up escaping out the back window. >> reporter: investigators say the fire likely started in the back of this bar and spread to the sushi restaurant ex door. >> we went from just having fire in the back to having both attics fully involved and the fire wanting to push out into this building and this building. >> i opened our back door and i saw a wall of flames coming between our building and the building next to me. >> reporter: michael mallory escaped the fire with just the clothes on his back and a pair of sandals, he was later allowed back into his place to grab valuables and found t

. >> reporter: troy boyd and his neighbors grabbed what they could and got out. >> i got my id, my phone, my social security card, shoes and it was 4:00 in the morning so i could barely even put a thought together. >> when i was in the kitchen and the smoke was coming just breathing it, in i didn't put like this, i didn't put -- i didn't think about putting a towel over my face or something. >> reporter: the fire broke out directly across the street from the castro theater, luckily no damage here, but these two buildings were not so lucky. the fire department said one tenant was trapped on the second floor. >> that individual ended up escaping out the back window. >> reporter: investigators say the fire likely started in the back of this bar and spread to the sushi nex to having both attics fully involved and the fire wanting to push out into this building and this building. >> i opened our back door and saw a wall of flames between our building and the building next to me. >> reporter: michael escaped the fire with the clothes on his back and pair of later allowed back in into his place