A raging fire that razed a San Jose Home Depot on Saturday night was so enormous it could be seen from outer space.Crews battling a massive fire at a Home Depot in South San Jose were able to get it under control at 11:44 p.m. Saturday, according to a tweet from the San Jose Fire Department. The blaze started shortly before 6 p.m., potentially near the lumber department, and quickly spread to the rest of the Blossom Hill Road Home Depot. Several dozen employees and customers were able to safely evacuate, the fire department said."The Home Depot is pretty much a total loss. The roof is pretty much collapsed from the entire structure so it's going to take some time to get in there, if we even can, if it's going to be safe for our people to get in there," said battalion chief Brad Cloutier.At the height of the blaze, the heat signature was captured on multiple satellites. "Structure fire seen from space!" the National Weather Service's Bay Area office tweeted. "GOES West Meso Sector picking a heat signature just south of San Jose."Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and used to track weather events and assist in forecasting and research. The heat signature was also seen on another weather satellite.There were no injuries reported in the fire, which is under investigation.
A raging fire that razed a San Jose Home Depot on Saturday night was so enormous it could be seen from outer space.
Crews battling a massive fire at a Home Depot in South San Jose were able to get it under control at 11:44 p.m. Saturday, according to a tweet from the San Jose Fire Department. The blaze started shortly before 6 p.m., potentially near the lumber department, and quickly spread to the rest of the Blossom Hill Road Home Depot. Several dozen employees and customers were able to safely evacuate, the fire department said.
"The Home Depot is pretty much a total loss. The roof is pretty much collapsed from the entire structure so it's going to take some time to get in there, if we even can, if it's going to be safe for our people to get in there," said battalion chief Brad Cloutier.
At the height of the blaze, the heat signature was captured on multiple satellites.
"Structure fire seen from space!" the National Weather Service's Bay Area office tweeted. "GOES West Meso Sector picking [up] a heat signature just south of San Jose."
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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and used to track weather events and assist in forecasting and research. The heat signature was also seen on another weather satellite.
There were no injuries reported in the fire, which is under investigation.