San Jose FD: Home Depot fire appeared to start in lumber section
The fire that tore through a Home Depot in South San Jose with such ferocity that orbiting satellites could detect its heat signature was first reported around the lumber section tucked in the back corner of the store, fire investigators announced Sunday.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. It may take a couple days for investigators to fully access the scene, due to lingering hot spots, said Capt. Christopher Pickup, a fire department spokesman. He recalled his lungs burning as he tried helping usher employees and others out of the store. He then went next door to the pet hospital and helped evacuate dogs over there.
“The roof has pretty much collapsed,” he said during a news briefing, adding that materials inside of the store like paint thinner, lumber and other flammable elements made the blaze uniquely challenging to extinguish. Cloutier called the Home Depot store “pretty much a total loss.”
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