Gas Leak In San Jose Prompts Evacuation Of 16 Homes
A natural gas leak in a San Jose neighborhood prompted the evacuation of 16 homes, the San Jose Fire Department said Wednesday evening.
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A natural gas leak in a San Jose neighborhood prompted the evacuation of 16 homes, the San Jose Fire Department said Wednesday evening.
San Jose Fire Department crews were able to knock down a brush fire burning in the northern part of the city Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities.
The fire was reported at about 6:20 p.m. just south of North First Street, near the airport. All lanes reopened shortly after 8 p.m.
Firefighters carried the man out, resuscitated him and he was taken to a local trauma center.
A resident making fried chicken on a backyard patio led to a two-alarm house fire in which flames spread to gas tanks, trees and power lines in East San Jose on Monday night, a fire department spokesman said Tuesday.
Crews have knocked down a two-alarm fire at a four-unit residential building in South San Jose Tuesday afternoon, a fire spokesman said.
The blaze was under control by 2:30 a.m. and all residents were able to safely make it outside with no injuries, fire officials said.
Residents displaced by a destructive four-alarm house fire in San Jose Friday afternoon were asking questions about whether the outcome might have been different if the fire station directly across the street was equipped with an working fire engine.
Firefighters were at the scene of a three-alarm structure fire in San Jose Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters were responding to a two-alarm vegetation fire in East San Jose Thursday afternoon, a fire captain said.
Three people suffered minor injuries in a one-alarm fire that burned a two-story home early Sunday morning in San Jose.
The fire was contained in less than an hour and along with evacuations, it did cause some road closures in the area.
Two residents and a firefighter suffered minor injuries in a one-alarm fire Sunday morning that left a San Jose home uninhabitable.
Arson investigators with specially trained dogs resumed the search Thursday for possible human remains in the debris of a burned-down building near downtown San Jose.
An off-ramp from northbound Interstate Highway 280 in San Jose was closed Friday afternoon due to a reported brush fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.
A firefighter was injured in an apartment fire in West San Jose that displaced nearly 20 residents from their homes Thursday morning, according to San Jose fire officials.
An early morning blaze quickly spread through the Victorian-style house before being contained by more than 50 firefighters.
Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the three-alarm blaze at the 20-unit apartment complex.
San Jose firefighters are responding to a two-acre grass fire in the foothills above the Santa Teresa Golf Club this morning, fire Capt. Mary Gutierrez said.
A family of five was displaced by a two-alarm fire at their house in San Jose Thursday morning, a fire official said.
San Jose firefighters were battling a four-alarm fire Monday morning that devastated two commercial buildings, a San Jose Fire Department spokesman reported.
