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Meanwhile, the Border 2 fire that broke out on Thursday in San Diego County is just 10 percent contained and has already blazed through more than 6,000 acres. Flash flood watch in effect in LA County
An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.
San Jose fire crews are making excellent progress on a vegetation fire in San Jose near Mount Hamilton Road and Crothers Road, just south of Alum Rock Park, officials say.
It was the largest structure fire in San Jose's history, with damage estimated at $129 million. [4] The 42-acre "village within a city" was developed as a luxury, mixed residential and shopping district between 2001–2002, for a cost of $450 million and was at the time regarded as "the most ambitious project of its kind in the United States". [5]
Firefighting and recovery efforts continue in the Los Angeles area, where devastating fires have killing at least 28 people, destroyed more than 12,000 structures and prompted evacuation orders ...
The suspicious fire began in the Chinese quarter of San Jose. The cause of the fire was never determined. To this day, many believe that racial tensions and anti-Asian sentiment led to the fire being intentionally set. Chinatown's structures were constructed mainly of wood, and the fire devastated the entire neighborhood which burnt to the ground.
After World War II, the San Jose Fire Department raised $350,000 (equivalent to $5,643,601 in 2024) fire bond to provide funds to build five new fire stations in 1946.The San Jose Central Fire Station (Station No. 1) was designated as the central fire station and emergency communications center for the San Jose Fire Department.
The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by around 4 p.m. local time.