5 alarm Home Depot fire. San Jose CA 04/09/22

[Disp51]

Massive 5-alarm fire destroys San Jose Home Depot; shelter-in-place advisory lifted

"The Home Depot is pretty much a total loss, the roof is pretty much collapsed from the entire structure so it's going to take some time to get in there if we even can," said SJFD battalion chief Brad Cloutier.

abc7news.com

Investigation Continues Into 5-Alarm Home Depot Fire in San Jose

Crews remain at the scene of a massive fire at a Home Depot in South San Jose Sunday morning mopping and cleaning up after flames destroyed the store overnight.

www.nbcbayarea.com

 

[mikeindabronx]

Massive 5-alarm fire destroys San Jose Home Depot; shelter-in-place advisory lifted

"The Home Depot is pretty much a total loss, the roof is pretty much collapsed from the entire structure so it's going to take some time to get in there if we even can," said SJFD battalion chief Brad Cloutier.

abc7news.com

Investigation Continues Into 5-Alarm Home Depot Fire in San Jose

Crews remain at the scene of a massive fire at a Home Depot in South San Jose Sunday morning mopping and cleaning up after flames destroyed the store overnight.

www.nbcbayarea.com

https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-jose-home-depot-burned-in-huge-fire

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-fire-home-depot-san-jose-visible-space

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-depot-fire-san-jose-california/

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[Bulldog]

By the look of the videos the fire rapidly outgrew the ability of the sprinkler system to contain it. It will be interested to see what the investigation reveals. It almost seems that the sprinkler system was turned off by how fast the fire grew?

 

[DaveReinstein]

By the look of the videos the fire rapidly outgrew the ability of the sprinkler system to contain it. It will be interested to see what the investigation reveals. It almost seems that the sprinkler system was turned off by how fast the fire grew?

I observed the same thing.

 

[Bulldog]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04...pot-fire-appeared-to-start-in-lumber-section/

 

[Bulldog]

They made an arrest of someone who they believe started this fire:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04...-mult-nl-morning-report-nl&utm_content=manual