Firefighters put out a three-alarm blaze that burned for more than three hours at Apple’s Cupertino campus late Tuesday night.The Santa Clara County Fire Department says the three-alarm fire scorched the roof and the second level at one of the six buildings on the company’s campus. It was extinguished early this morning and no one was injured.
Heavy smoke was visible in the area Tuesday night as units from Santa Clara County, San Jose, Saratoga and Los Altos responded to the scene.
Hal Rooney, deputy chief for Santa Clara County Fire, said the fire may have started under an air conditioning unit on the second floor. Workers in the building first called in the fire, fearing a potential fire on the roof because of smoke in the area, Rooney said
Some Apple employees stopped by to look at the scene and snap pictures on their iPhones.
The fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. and it took about an hour to bring under control, he said. The fire was in building Valley Green Six, 20705 Valley Green Drive.
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