Gilroy firefighters responded to a fire at 335 Old Gilroy Street
on Saturday afternoon that left a single home 80 to 90 percent
destroyed, according to the Gilroy Fire Department.
Gilroy firefighters responded to a fire at 335 Old Gilroy Street on Saturday afternoon that left a single home 80 to 90 percent destroyed, according to the Gilroy Fire Department.
The call came into dispatchers at 2:36 p.m. Firefighters from the GFD were joined by CalFire and Santa Clara County fire crews from Morgan Hill in battling the blaze. Crews controlled the fire by 3:30 p.m., said GFD Capt. Shaun Peyghambary, who added that seven engines responded.
“It was an extensive fire,” he said.
He said firefighters on scene described the blaze as “blowing out of every window.”
Two occupants inside the home suffered minor burns but refused medical treatment. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
