Two residents and a firefighter suffered minor injuries in a one-alarm fire Sunday morning that left a San Jose home uninhabitable, a fire captain said.
Crews were dispatched around 7:45 a.m. to a home on Rockway Drive in the Alum Rock neighborhood where they saw heavy fire in a garage that had spread to the home's living space, according to San Jose fire Capt. Reggie Williams.
A family of four was able to escape the blaze but two of the residents suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation and were sent to a local burn center for treatment, Williams said.
"You know the fire, when we first got here was in a smoldering state. As it got some oxygen, the front room and kitchen flashed on the firefighters inside," Williams said. "We had flames through the roof up to 10-to-15 feet."
A firefighter also suffered a minor burn while fighting the fire and was treated at the scene and released.
Fire crews had the blaze under control around 9:50 a.m., Williams said.
The blaze caused major damage to the home, leaving the four residents without a home. The American Red Cross was on scene this morning to provide housing assistance.
Williams said the fire appears to have been caused by a cooking appliance left on in the home's garage and is considered accidental.
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*Structure Fire* 2 Rockway Dr. 2 civilians injured with minor burns and smoke inhalation. Four displaced. pic.twitter.com/kFLSa8XTWC — San Jose Fire Dept. (@SJFD) June 15, 2014
*Structure Fire* 2 Rockway Dr. Fire reported at 0746 hrs. Placed under control at 0953 hrs. This was a single alarm. pic.twitter.com/c8eeNxwM5K — San Jose Fire Dept. (@SJFD) June 15, 2014
