Firefighters in San José confronted flames at a Lucretia Avenue apartment complex yesterday with efforts that successfully contained the damage and rescued residents from a potentially catastrophic situation. According to the San José Fire Department, the two-alarm fire started around 5:45 p.m., prompting a response that forced the evacuation of nearby residents and resulted in two reported injuries.
#SJFD firefighters are on scene of a second alarm assignment at an apartment complex on the 2300 block of Lucretia Ave. Two units involved. Nearby apartments evacuated. Two reported injuries.
— San José Fire Dept. (@SJFD) October 18, 2024
TOC: 5:43pm. pic.twitter.com/guNdP2H9l9
With commendable speed, crews extinguished the main threat by 6 p.m., containing the fire to just two apartments, directly one above the other. Jake Pisani, the public information manager at SJFD, shared with The Mercury News, "It does not appear that either are considered life threatening," revealing the two individuals sustained leg and arm injuries, respectively.
The impact of the blaze went beyond the flames, as four adjacent units experienced light smoke damage. However, as the San José Fire Department stated, it should be habitable. Still snarled by the incident, traffic in the area remained affected on Lucretia Avenue for some time after the fire was knocked down.
