Firefighters respond to vegetation fire in East San Jose
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Firefighters have stopped forward progress of a 33-acre vegetation fire in East San Jose on Monday night.
Cal Fire officials said at around 10 p.m., the Quimby Fire in the 4700 block of Quimby Road was 5% contained and that the terrain was making the fire difficult to access and contain.
Forward progress was achieved by 10:20 p.m. The fire was first reported at around 8:15 p.m.
A Cal Fire spokesperson said the Quimby Fire is three separate fires and that no structures burned.
Cal Fire firefighters and the San Jose Fire Department are both responding.
Fire officials initially had estimated the fire to be 35 acres but downgraded that figure with better mapping, they said.
There was no word on the cause of the fire.
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