The U-Haul Company of San Francisco is offering 30 days of free storage to residents whose homes or businesses were damaged by the San Bruno natural-gas fire.

"This natural-gas fire has caused tremendous damage and inflicted extreme hardship on our community," said Joseph Krueger, president, U-Haul Company of San Francisco. "I hope this effort will provide assistance to those that may truly need a helping hand. We will continue to help our friends and neighbors in this time of need."

In addition to storage, U-Haul also offers the Take a Box, Leave a Box program, which enables customers to return their reusable boxes and allows others to take them as needed for free. U-Haul encourages anyone who has any type of reusable box to drop it off at the nearest U-Haul location.

For more information about the free 30 days of self-storage, contact the U-Haul Company of San Francisco, 415.570.4001. The facility is located at 500 Paul Ave., in San Francisco.