(KRON) — The San Jose Fire Department said firefighters knocked down an outside fire involving “multiple piles of tan bark.”
SJFD said it was alerted at 6:27 p.m. of the fire in the area of northbound I-680 and Alum Rock Avenue. The fire grew to a half-acre before it was knocked down at 7:53 p.m., according to officials.
“Heavy equipment [is] being requested to break up piles for mop up,” said SJFD in an initial update on social media…