On Saturday, July 24th, 2014, at 3:27 am, San José Firefighters responded to a commercial-industrial section of the city after a large column of smoke was seen rising from the area. Crews located the source of the smoke at 1596 South 7th Street, directly south of Spartan Stadium.
Upon arrival firefighters discovered heavy smoke and fire showing from several warehouses and outside storage areas. As crews setup for operations explosions could be heard from inside the complex and an injured subject was found with severe burns.
Incident Commander José Guerrero immediately called for defensive operations as five alarms were struck summoning firefighters from all over the city and from neighboring departments. Crews used numerous aerial master streams and hand lines to keep the fire from spreading to additional nearby structures. The blaze destroyed at least three warehouses, hundreds of wood pallets, numerous vehicles and industrial equipment.
Firefighting efforts continued unabated for hours with the fire finally being declared under control at 3:56 pm. There were no additional injuries reported.
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