At least 2 homes burned in South San Jose vegetation fire, officials say

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Crews battled a fire in South San Jose Wednesday, where two homes have burned, San Jose Fire Department said.

On a warm afternoon in San Jose, fire crews raced to put out a fast moving brush fire along the northbound lanes of Highway 101 near the Blossom Hill Road exit.

Neighbors along Fontanelle Drive saw the dark smoke behind homes, inching closer and closer to the community.

"I looked out our fence to see this huge, massive fire and smoke billowing out from beyond our iron fence," Kushagra Saxena said. "So we get out to the street and look up and the entire street is on fire."

SKY7 captured the aftermath as crews dowsed flames of a house on Fontanelle Drive.

Wooden fences and backyard sheds helped the fire jump from the brush behind the homes to the houses themselves within minutes.

A man who lives in one of the damaged homes told us that as soon as he noticed the field was burning, his house was on fire.

His back windows and sliding door exploded open when BBQ propane tanks blew from the heat from the flames.

No injuries were reported but authorities say three adults and two children were displaced and SJFD says that number may go up.

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San Jose Fire Battalion Chief Brad Cloutier says both vegetation firefighters as well as structural crews were on scene to put out the fire that approximately burned three acres.

"When you got a fast-moving vegetation fire that's being driven by the wind, you have homes on fire, we have multiple problems that we need to solve all at once," Cloutier said. "And getting enough people here to kind of solve those and stop the advance of the fire so we don't have more homes catch on fire."

SJFD will work to find the origin as the cause remains under investigation.

Stay with ABC7 News for the latest details on this developing story.