{"id":20316,"date":"2025-10-23T23:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/20316\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:09:08","slug":"alum-rock-fire-massive-blaze-in-san-jose-park-at-penitencia-creek-road-prompts-evacuations-visuals-show-dense-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/20316\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Rock fire: Massive blaze in San Jose park at Penitencia Creek Road prompts evacuations; visuals show dense smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Updated on: Oct 24, 2025 04:29 am IST <\/p>\n<p>    A massive fire broke out at the Alum Rock park at at Penitencia Creek Road in San Jose, California, on Thursday.\u00a0     <\/p>\n<p>A massive fire broke out at Alum Rock park in San Jose, California on Thursday. The blaze prompted evacuation warnings from authorities. The California Fire Santa Clara Unit and San Jose Fire Department said they were responding to the five acre fire that broke out near Penitencia Creek Road.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/sanjose_1761260243993_1761260248421.jpg\" alt=\"San Jose Fire Department is on the spot battling the blaze. (X\/@SJFD)\" title=\"San Jose Fire Department is on the spot battling the blaze. (X\/@SJFD)\"\/>   San Jose Fire Department is on the spot battling the blaze. (X\/@SJFD)    <\/p>\n<p>Multiple air and ground resources are enroute, authorities said. The initial post from the Santa Clara unit said firefighters were responding to a Tier 1 vegetation fire \u2018approximately the size of three football fields\u2019. While Park Rangers evacuated the area, people were urged to avoid the spot even as air support was called in.<\/p>\n<p>In further updates, the San Jose Fire Department noted that it had been raised to a Tier 2 \u2018with multiple off-road-capable Type 6 Engines en route\u2019. They noted that the rate of spread was increasing due to wind picking up but no structures were threatened at this time.<\/p>\n<p>A further update said thatr reponse was upgraded to Tier 3. The map of where the fire was burning was shared by them as well.<\/p>\n<p>   Visuals of fire emerge<\/p>\n<p>Visuals of the blaze began to do the rounds on social media. One person on Facebook wrote \u201cThere is a fire in Alum Rock Park. It\u2019s spreading fast!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video showed thick smoke rising as the fire appeared to cover a large area.<\/p>\n<p>(This is a developing story)<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>     Stay updated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/us-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US News<\/a> covering politics, crime, weather, local events, and sports highlights. Get the latest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> and American politics also realtime updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/us-news\/indonesia-ferry-fire-passenger-livestreams-horror-at-sea-while-holding-baby-watch-101753022743487.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indonesia ferry fire<\/a>.       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