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. 

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.