Monday, July 30, 2007

July 30, 2007 -- Santa Clara 3-Alarm Response

At 04:34 Monday morning, FASCV responded to a 2-alarm fire at 3475 El Camino Real. The fire was located in the China Way restaurant located near the intersection of El Camino Real and Flora Vista. Bob Gundrum brought Support Unit 1 to the Santa Clara Fire Department event. Also on scene for FASCV were John Whitaker, Jerry Haag and Ron Green.

Equipment from Santa Clara, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara County responded to the fire which eventually went to 3 alarms. Of immediate concern to firefighters was an
Econo Lodge motel next to the restaurant and an adjacent trailer hitch business.

John's photos from this fire can be found at this link: Santa Clara Restaurant Fire.

NBC11's news story can be viewed at this link:
"Fire Burns South Bay Restaurant"

-- Information for this story provided by John Whitaker and NBC11