The city will donate more than $1 million in safety equipment to first responders in Ukraine, including breathing apparatus air packs, mask-mounted regulators, air cylinders and several hundred breathing apparatus masks.

Witnesses on the scene of the fire alerted arriving police officers to a person suspected of starting the fire., and he was arrested and charged with arson while firefighters fought to control the blaze.

San Jose fire officials reported that no one was injured in the fire, the fire appeared to have started in the lumber area of the store and the cause of the fire was not suspicious.

More than 50 hours after a gas leak was first reported, PG&E released detailed information, in response to questions from San Jose Inside, about the Wednesday leak that had forced the evacuation of hundreds of San Jose residents.

A gas line ruptured by a private contractor near Race Street and Eugene Avenue forced the evacuation Wednesday afternoon of approximately 325 homes in a neighborhood west of San Jose Diridon Station.

Fire officials said “vegetation fires” can ignite easily with dry grass and rising temperatures.

A gas pipe was struck during construction on a residential unit earlier that morning.

The blaze, near the Guadalupe Freeway, has closed West St. John Street between Almaden Boulevard and North Autumn Street.

Even as gender equality in most traditionally male sectors has improved, women in Santa Clara County continue to be shut out of firefighting.

Without air-refilling stations in San Jose’s highrises, firefighters say they’d have to lug metal oxygen tanks up flight after flight of stairs. 

The flames engulfed a vacant building on San Fernando Street.

More than 13,000 firefighters throughout the state are battling record blazes that have darkened skies and forced 100,000 evacuations.

Wildfires east of Santa Clara Valley have burned through nearly 300,000 acres with only 10 percent containment today, per Cal Fire.

The latest news about the SCU and CZU fire complexes surrounding Santa Clara County, where some evacuation orders remain in effect.

Residents can report firework violations through the city's “Snap, Click and Report” portal or by calling 408.535.5600 or 311.

Officials say there were no children in the building at the time and that there were no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is unknown.