Crime & Safety
Vegetation Fire Erupts Near Santa Clara Golf Course
The fire was initially reported as being near Keeler Court and Santa Teresa Boulevard.
SAN JOSE, CA -- Firefighters extinguished a 16-acre, three-alarm vegetation fire on the side of a hill above the Santa Teresa Golf Course in San Jose Sunday, a fire captain said.
The fire was initially reported as being near Keeler Court and Santa Teresa Boulevard, Capt. Mitchell Matlow said, but when firefighters arrived at 5 p.m., it turned out to be mid-slope on a hillside.
Cal Fire personnel and aircraft fought the fire along with crews from the San Jose Fire Department, dropping fire retardant to halt the fire's spread, Matlow said.
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The team effort contained the fire at 5:49 p.m. and brought it under control at 6:30 p.m., Matlow said.
There were no injuries, the captain said.
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