Wednesday, December 9, 2008 – San Jose Firefighters responded to several reports of a house fire at 1088 Wheat Court in the east foothills of San Jose. Engine 21 Captain, Eric Hernandez reported heavy smoke visible from the station. Upon arrival Engine 21 was confronted with a fully involved two story single family residence and immediately requested a second alarm. Incident Commander, Battalion Chief Ivan Lee, requested a third alarm shortly thereafter. Due to reports of someone trapped inside the home, Firefighters went into rescue mode and made an aggressive offensive attack on the fire. Firefighters deployed multiple attack lines through the front door and battled extreme heat before getting driven back by untenable conditions. Fortunately, there was no one in the structure. One Firefighter suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment and further evaluation.
The Fire Associates of Santa Clara Valley responded to the incident and provided San Jose Firefighters with nutritional support including, water, sports drinks, energy bars, and coffee. The incident was reported under control at 17:30 hours. Preliminary damage estimate is $500,000. Fire Cause Investigators were on scene conducting interviews and have yet to determine the cause of the fire.
Posted by: CA Alberto Olmos, SJFD, PIO
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