Fire burns condo complex, vegetation next to Highway 680 in East San Jose
SAN JOSE -- A fire burned at a condominium complex next to Interstate Highway 680 in East San Jose Wednesday afternoon and spread to nearby vegetation before firefighters knocked it down.
The San Jose Fire Department said in a tweet the call reporting a structure fire on the 600 block of Easton Drive between McKee Road and Mabury Road came in a 1:47 p.m.
Firefighters are responding to a residential structure fire at a condominium complex on the 600 block of Easton Dr. This fire has sparked a vegetation fire nearby. Crews are currently working to extinguish both fires at this time. Avoid the area. TOC 1:47pm pic.twitter.com/BWA126auMV
— San José Fire Dept. (@SJFD) August 24, 2022
The department said the fire sparked a vegetation fire nearby just south of Berryessa Road.
Firefighters stopped forward progress on the vegetation fire at 2:19 p.m.are were mopping up.
The fire forced the California Highway Patrol to close down the number 4 lane of northbound I-680.
There was no immediate word on the cause of the fire. A fire department spokesman said some outdoor structures were burned but no homes were damaged.
No injuries were reported.