Calling the five-alarm fire that engulfed part of San Jose's Trace Elementary School Monday morning "a suspected crime scene," the San Jose Fire Department said they would haveperimeter security available for some time.
Residents in San Jose's quiet Rose Garden neighborhood were awakened shortly after 4 am July 5 with the sounds of fire and police sirens rushing to a fire at Trace Elementary School. Firefighters originally had to fight the fire defensively, and upgraded the blaze to five alarm after about two hours.
By 8 am the fire was mostly under control, with flare-ups and several hot spots, and still with plumes of black smoke rising upward. People within a two block radius of the fire who suffer from respiratory issues, were warned to shelter indoors.
