Firefighters were still battling flames in the attic of a Union Avenue duplex Thursday morning after a second-alarm fire broke out on the 2900 block in San Jose's Cambrian neighborhood, with occupants reported to have evacuated the building.
The San Jose Fire Department was dispatched Thursday to a residential structure fire on the 2900 block of Union Avenue, according to a report. In an update posted to social media, the San José Fire Dept.
said the fire had not yet been knocked down as of Thursday afternoon and that utilities at the scene had been secured. The department also confirmed it had notified the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority of traffic impacts in the area.
Flames were reported in the attic during the two-alarm fire, according to SFGate.
VTA Notified of Traffic Impacts
The fire was located on Union Avenue, and fire officials notified VTA of traffic impacts in the area; no bus route, stop locations or detours were specified.
The San Jose Fire Department, which responded to the fire, urged people to avoid the area while crews worked. The available account did not provide the department's station count, annual call volume or service-area size.
Local Fire Coverage and Building Codes
The sources identified San Jose Fire Department crews at the scene but did not identify station coverage for the Union Avenue location or provide details about nearby stations.
The duplex's construction details and the function of any separation walls or attic draftstops were not described in the available accounts.
Thursday's fire echoes a November 2024 blaze that caused major roof damage and left all four units of a two-story fourplex uninhabitable on Bradford Way, also in the Cambrian neighborhood, in a similarly escalated two-alarm response, according to CBS San Francisco. The extent of damage to the Union Avenue duplex, along with whether any residents will need displacement assistance and the eventual cause of the fire, had not been determined as of Thursday afternoon.
