Vandals strike playground in SF’s Golden Gate Park

Vandals damaged a play structure at Koret Children’s Playground in Golden Gate Park over the weekend, forcing city officials to close the playground. Vandals damaged a play structure at Koret Children’s Playground in Golden Gate Park over the weekend, forcing city officials to close the playground. Photo: San Francisco Recreation And Park Department Photo: San Francisco Recreation And Park Department Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Vandals strike playground in SF’s Golden Gate Park 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

Vandals torched a popular children’s playground near the carousel in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, forcing officials to close parts of the play area on Sunday.

Sometime overnight, part of a play structure at Koret Children’s Playground between Sharon Meadow and Kezar Driver was hit with a “terrible act of vandalism,” officials with San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department said.

Park officials posted a picture online of the badly-burned play structure while investigators work to track down the culprit.

No one was injured in the fire.

The nearby carousel was not damaged and remained open Sunday, officials said. Playgrounds at 10th Avenue and Fulton Street and the Rossi Playground at Arguello and Anza streets also remained open.

Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call the San Francisco Fire Department at (415) 920-2933.