Forward progress stopped on vegetation fire in South San Jose – NBC Bay Area

Firefighters were battling a vegetation fire in South San Jose on Saturday.

At 12:05 p.m., Cal Fire SCU said on X that the blaze was reported in the 9500 block of Malech Road in South San Jose, near the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office shooting range.

Initially, the fire had reportedly burned 3 acres, but it later grew to 25 acres, authorities said. At 1:19 p.m., Cal Fire reported the forward progress of the fire was stopped, and the flames ended up burning 32 acres.