Monday, August 04, 2014

San José Firefighters take on multi-alarm residential blaze

One house was destroyed and another suffered heavy damage when a fast-moving house fire broke out in South San José.

On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at 11:22 am, the San José Fire Department responded to reports of a fire at 4328 Hampshire Place involving a two-story residence. Upon arrival firefighters were confronted with a fully involved structure with fire showing on both floors and spreading quickly to a neighboring home at 4316 Hampshire Place.

Fire was well-esablished in the first home forcing the first-in company officer to request a second-alarm. As the fire progressed the incident commander struck three additional alarms to contend with immediate needs on the fireground and to add resources to cover fire stations throughout San José.

As the fire extended to the second home, firefighters mounted a second offensive attack and were able to limit the damage to only a portion of the structure.

Firefighters from the Santa Clara County Fire Department and the City of Santa Clara Fire Department assisted during this incident. There were no injuries reported.

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