Explosions were reported Wednesday after a fire broke out at a storage facility in South San Jose, sending a huge plume of black smoke that could be seen for miles.
The fire was burning at the Public Storage facility across from the Westfield Oakridge Mall. Neighbors told KPIX they heard explosions in the area.
The closest fire station is right across the street from the building that caught fire, but in the short response time period, the flames were so intense that there was little that firefighters could do. Firefighters surrounded the facility on Blossom Hill Road, spreading water from all sides and over the top, but the flames kept burning.
The popping sounds from the explosions had some people in the area thinking there was an active shooter. Big explosion and fire at a self storage place in the Blossom Hill Cottle Road area in San Jose. Neighbors say explosions still going off.
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