The Giants are World Series champions, for the third time in three years! But don’t worry: San Franciscans didn’t celebrate like this was routine.
Giants fans celebrate World Series win, complete with fires, burned couches
The Giants’ third win in five years brought fireworks and actual fires to the San Francisco streets.
Fires have started in San Francisco's Mission District pic.twitter.com/xx1yownh3Y
— David Lombardi (@LombardiESPN) October 30, 2014 There’s a guy with a torch desperately trying to light a couch on fire while the crowd chants "Burn it! Burn it!" pic.twitter.com/zUrBnK62D2
— Kale Williams (@sfkale) October 30, 2014 Bottles breaking, couches on fire, fireworks in the middle of the crowd. Because, yay baseball? pic.twitter.com/I7j2GmbV3O
— Kale Williams (@sfkale) October 30, 2014 You probably saw the images of the huge crowd at the San Francisco Civic Center:
Here’s what it looked like when the final out was caught:
There were fireworks!
PARTY ON A BUS
PARTY ON A CAR
Climb a sign!
This called for riot cops:
Make sure you get your selfies in!
Someone's having a good time pic.twitter.com/HhwqxJX29U
— Jenna Marie Walker (@jmariephotog) October 30, 2014 Cops in riot gear. And of course, selfies. pic.twitter.com/qE9AQoLarx
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