San Jose Mercury News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A firefighter was treated at the hospital and released after a ceiling collapsed on him while he battled a three-alarm blaze Wednesday that involved a downed power line, according to the San Jose Fire Department.
Another firefighter who was hit by the falling debris escaped injury.
The fire was reported about 2 p.m. at a home in the 700 block of Concord Avenue east of San Jose City College, where a rear shed-like structure caught fire. Around the same time a power line fell and was quickly consumed by the flames.
Three alarms were called because of the danger from the exposed wires, fire Capt. Mike Van Elgort said. The fire was brought under control within two hours.
While the fire was believed to be electrical in nature, it was not immediately clear whether the line fell and caused the structure to catch fire or vice versa.
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