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San Jose firefighter injured during blaze at fourplex

February 5, 2011

A San Jose firefighter was injured Friday when a fire at a fourplex near Blossom Hill Road burned through his thick gloves. Fire Capt. Chuck Rangel said the steam was so hot at a fire in the 700 block of Warring Drive that it seared right through to the firefighter’s skin. Rangel said a resident [...]

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San Jose Firefighters Battle Four-Alarm Blaze

February 9, 2010

On Monday, February 9, 2009, at 2:49 p.m., units of the San Jose Fire Department responded to reports of smoke issuing from an approximately 40,000 square foot abandoned commercial structure on San Jose’s east side. The first units on scene reported heavy smoke and fire conditions prompting an immediate call for additional resources with second [...]

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San Jose firefighters extinguish 1-alarm house fire

January 30, 2010

San Jose firefighters extinguished a one-alarm blaze less than 15 minutes after it was reported at a home in the western part of the city this morning, a fire captain said. The fire was reported in the attic of a single-story home on Elmgrove Lane at about 11:30 a.m., fire Capt. Scott Kouns said. Firefighters [...]

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San Jose house catches fire

December 26, 2009

SAN JOSE — Firefighters responded to a two alarm blaze in South San Jose early Christmas morning. It was reported just after midnight Friday in the 500 block of Branham Lane East. The fire completely destroyed the townhouse and damage was estimated at $500,000.

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Body Found Inside Burned Out San Jose Home

December 16, 2009

SAN JOSE — Firefighters battling a two-alarm blaze early Wednesday made a gruesome discovery inside the burned out wreckage of a San Jose home. San Jose fire Captain Scott Kouns said a body was discovered at about 2:50 a.m., when fire investigators were finally able to make safe entry into the home Kouns said fire [...]

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Woman Rescued From Car Trapped Under Big Rig

December 12, 2009

SAN JOSE — Firefighters in San Jose managed to free a woman from her mangled Honda Accord Friday afternoon after her car and several others were involved in a crash with a big-rig on Interstate Highway 280. About five cars were involved in the crash, according to the California Highway Patrol. The Honda had become [...]

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Multiple Apartment Fires in Fresno

November 29, 2009

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — Fire damaged four homes in one apartment complex this Saturday afternoon and firefighters found another problem as they tried to put it out. It happened in apartments on winery at lane in Southeast Fresno at about 3:30 pm. Firefighters said the fire was pretty minor, but the flames got into the [...]

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