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 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 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.