An entire Store?! That's just crazy. I don't expect to see this store re-opening any time soon. It'll have to be bulldozed to ground level and rebuilt. But again, I am very doubtful they'll rebuild soon.
Well, Hydden! Yes, it will be rebuilt. Once it is clear by San Jose as well as OSHA. The store is located on a very popular area. Guess you are not aware of its location. It's across the street from a mall. So yes it will be rebuilt.
All the staff in there would be spread to other stores most likely to keep them employed so I hope there are stores located somewhere close by......????
Yeah I hope nobody got hurt and this fire gets on my nerves because I love homedepot stores and if I could’ve helped my heroes fight this fire even though I would’ve definitely been one of the witnesses I would’ve definitely fought this fire although carefully
Question: Has anyone in the fire protection industry been noticing the increase in large, fully alarmed, modern non combustible buildings with sprinkler systems burning to the ground? This was practically unseen in the 90s and 2000s? Something new has hit the scene lately. Something that is either reactive and or has the ability to burn fast and overcome fire protection systems. The Amazon mega wharehouse in California, the Wallmart mega wharehouse in Indiana, Etc. These buildings made of concrete and steal should not be burning like this. This hasn't been seen before. My suspicion is the fascination with lithium batteries. I hope im wrong. What else is new to the stock of products that wasn't prevalent in the past 2 decades?
Smart meters causes a lot of radiation and melts everything around..... But those big stores burning down is a very bad incident for the area, since neighborhood have to go shopping elsewhere. Gasoline getting very expensive, it's a double sword for the pockets.
Insurance fraud. It profitable, to make up the losses during the pandemic. You are correct in your assessments. Modern building, sprinkler and non combustible. Even with a heavy fire load.
I started out in 1990. Most residential fires were contained to a room in content. If the structure was well involved, it still held together and did not crumble right away. We had WAY more time to get in and plan a coordinated attack on the seat of the fire. Nowadays, it's usually fully involved by the time first piece arrives. Now we are talking giant buildings with a LOT of OPEN AIR! High, commercial ceilings, hundreds of openings and hundreds of pounds of chemicals, flammable materials and more. Then there are solar panels. I got out in 2007 so I'm not familiar, first-hand with panels and their systems? Employees don't know proper storage procedures anymore either. I highly doubt any type of incident training is given for them. These building needs BIGGER fire suppression systems, hydrants all around with adequate pressure and depts need to be trained correctly.
Add all the solar panels on the roof to hinder proper ventilation by firefighters. You didn’t have all that back then. Can’t vent over the origin of fire and then major spread. Plus the amount of fire load in the building and then the sprinkler system is overrun.
My prayers to all my fellow associates in San Jose from your Porterville HD (1080). We are all praying for you and glad to hear that reports say that everyone made it out safely. That’s great news. But all our prayers go out to you. We will be looking to help in any way possible. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Associates? I think in all the yrs I’ve gone to Home Depot, the amount of help that I have gotten could be counted on one hand, with 3 fingers missing. You people don’t know crap about your stores.
Associates? I think in all the yrs I’ve gone to Home Depot, the amount of help that I have gotten could be counted on one hand, with 3 fingers missing. You people don’t know crap about your stores
@@user-rb1yf4he9q wow! So a Store burns down to the ground (luckily nobody got hurt or died) and instead of sympathy all you can comment is this? Really? Wow! You need a lesson in manners. Wise up!
@@user-rb1yf4he9q such a thoughtful thing to say after a store burns down to the ground! People will be out jobs and customers will be out things they need but yet you felt it necessary during this time of tragedy to offer up your opinion. Hmmm so how does this make you feel? Do you feel special now that you made your insane comment? Does it Feel good to make fun of a terrible situation? So tell me if your house burnt down would you want people commenting on how they could careless? Have some compassion would you! Be glad that nobody got injured or died. Geez man you act like you’re happy this happened! Totally uncalled for comment in this situation!
Looks like the sprinklers didn't contain this one. Contrary to the other comments, if sprinkler heads are large enough, and placed close enough together, they will contain a fire, BUT, the local FD must arrive in a timely manner and hopefully get a 2.5" line on it quickly. There is a video somewhere on TH-cam that shows this exact scenario. The local FD was able to knock a fire down in a Home Depot with two 1.75" lines.
You mean to tell me during the day in a busy homedepot no one could have grabbed a fire extinguisher and stopped it before it got out of control. Bet it was arson.
No portable fire extinguishers...I work at HD and after seeing this fire, our store has maybe 1 or 2 portables..They have the ones that are fire hoses bolted to the walls..But they have about a 25 foot hose to them..Not very effective for a fire in the middle of the store..
The fire is so big, there is virtually nothing they can do (ie. making an interior attack). The entire store will be burned down (or most of it least).
First arriving units went inside with 2.5” handlines. When the building began to collapse the Chief in charge shifted strategy to defensive. You risk lives to save lives. At that point everyone was out except the firefighters.
I hate to see this happen. Best of luck to all in the recovery efforts. In the video I saw no tower ladders attacking the fire from above. I watch FDNY response videos and a five alarm fire such as that would have a number of tower ladders surrounding the structure and pouring it on. Just thinking out loud.
The difference is this building is already a total loss in this video, and its an open area. Any department, even FDNY will let it burn to the ground. But the FDNY seldomly has an open area around a fire. This type of fire is full of oils, paints, other chemicals, wood (etc) so surround and drown won't work. Some of the chemicals in there could very well react negatively to water. The general rule of thumb for any fire department is a fire is out of control, full of hazards material, an open area, and has a threat to collapse, they'll let it burn. Its just safer
I wish that I could have hired all of the experts commenting on the root cause of the fire and the installation of a sprinkler system. When designing a system the code sets standards for design based in precieved hazards. Many of these standards are based on actual fire data and fire modeling like designed by NIST. Many fires are suppressed prior to the FD arrival. There are those where human error played a part in the sprinkler system failure. Many times we found valves turned off in the street or in the actual structure. In cases employees placed items that were too close to the head preventing the heat from triggering the activation. The industry benchmark for design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems, NFPA 13 addresses sprinkler system design approaches, system installation, and component options to prevent fire deaths and property loss. Much work is needed to determine the reason why the fire resulted in a conflagration so quick. All Home Depot warehouses are provided with fire sprinklers based on NFPA 13.
Don't worry, they will have the plans out for that store and getting quotes to rebuild it as it is burning to the ground................... I bets it's going again in 12 months.
I'm surprised that the Fire Department didn't order spectators further back from that inferno, considering that with paint, solvents, plastics, electronics, etc.... that those fumes could be toxic, as well as the potential risk of explosions?! I wonder if nearby homes or businesses were also evacuated as a precaution? 🤔
What is going on? First Walmart distribution center, now Home Depot all sprinklered buildings! The fire suppression systems are well engineered,, San Jose fire dept is a top notch department with a great inspection division, I would put money on it that the sprinklers were in working condition . Protected structures like these do not burn like this! Most fires especially during business hours can be contained with 1 to 3 sprinkler heads fusing. I hope someone saved the security camera footage. But then again it would not be hard to cut some locks and render the systems useless.
Two things, I hope they have their video going to a cloud and they can see where it started. Second, this may be tied up for years with the insurance company because there is NO WAY they will settle this claim in any hurry.
A firefighter once told me that sprinkler systems aren't really intended to put out the fire. What they are there for is to reduce the speed that the fire spreads and grows to give the occupants time to escape.
@@joevignolor4u949 and this is something people hardly understand. As the son of a firefighter and as a future architect, no one understands this. They don't put out fires or they would be in our homes and there would be no need for fire departments anymore. They simply give you more time for big structures.
Dang, grab those plants in the front of the building, that is food growing there! Why stand so close to a building on fire with explosives and toxic material just to get a video?
I doubt that any of the spectators considered the 'Blue Rhino' Propane tanks OUTSIDE the Front Door. If they ignite I think they would launch towards the parking lot since they're against the store front wall. 37 years as a railroad conductor and you don't have to tell me to RUN at the first sight of FIRE.
I was thinking about the 100's of products that would burn easily. Paint, solvents, wood, paint thinner and so on. There would be no way they could put it out.
Hopefully the surveillance footage is recorded offsite, so they can see who did it. If it's on site, then they'll never catch the criminal unless a store employee or customer saw something.
It’s sure is funny how a store like this can burn with the sprinkler systems installed! Sprinklers are effective if installed correctly! I hope their camera surveillance system transmitted to outside facility! Also I hope every customer and associate got out safe and no firefighters were injured too! Prosecute the ones who started this fire please!
@@MsArtistwannabe Yeah, the acid stuff mixed with other crap, sprinklers are not going to do sh*t. I used to work at HD, pallets upon pallets of that crap
That is 60 million dollar store. With all that inventory lost. Prayers to the workers and hope HD will take care of their employees with the Homer Fund program
Name of Jesus Christ I pray for safety of all in this store and people around area. Paints and fertilizer and woods tiles so lots of chemical s to be hazardous and don't breathe Air! Toxins in Area! I pray for containment I this situation of fire . Very unusual situation seems like deliberately destroyed!!! Safety issues always intact . Something must have been unusual in this situation! I say this as former employee in another state . Very safety conscious ! That's why I know. Thank you firefighter s for your work .
Amen. When CA starts letting violent felons out with a slap on the wrist (looking at you Sacramento) stuff like this is going to start happening a lot more. We don’t have any sort of justice system in this state anymore, we’re essentially the Wild West, which is exactly what the Democrats want.
I think we can call that a totally involved structure, fire department using containment methods only, no saving that building. Wonder if we will ever find out the origin of the fire, most comments refer to possible arson? Once the paint department gets heated up you have a lot of flammables.
Yep, paint, thinners, metho, oils, cleaning products now add everything for pools, chlorine etc. Timber. On top of all that, add the timber shelving and pallets up in high rise within the store and I reckon it will burn till there is nothing left except the concrete outer walls........................ twisted metal inside.
@Me Me I think if you look at the film footage it seems to have travelled sideways. Radiant heat will heat up what's next to it and burst it into flames and the next and the next etc
@Me Me Each fire sprinkler fire head has a glass vial in it and bursts when it gets hot enough....... But these are a good 40 foot in the air, so by the time they burst the fire is going pretty well already. The sprinklers are good when their down low like in a low roof area.
and I think they use wood pallets to stack the paints and almost everything in the store, and they are very close to each other. So once one of them start burning the fire will spread up and sideways
@@weekenderfam7965 Yep, all products are stored on pallets next to each other so it can be moved around easily and that also goes for putting them up in high racking. Although in our store U can't put flammable products in high rise. Fire would spread from pallet to pallet, from radiant heat. you just have to sit in front of a fire and feel the heat coming off the flames.
The insurance company will tell you they are "The good Hand People" as they are taking your premiums. When have a fire and want to collect on the damages to rebuild the insurance company will only give you the finger.
It's in a city of over 1 million people, of course there are other Home Depot stores near by. This was my go-to store but I've visited others in the area especially coming home from work. Curtner store was desolate for about a year after they built it but afterwards was very crowded when people caught on where it was. Capitol was always busy when I went there since it was built. This Blossom Hill store will be sorely missed until it is rebuilt. Home Depot offers a lot that other hardware stores don't have. Glad no one was gravely injured and got out as well as the dogs next door. Please rebuild as soon as possible.
I've lived in San Jose a long time and since 1993 I have lived 5 minutes away from three different Home Depots. Capital Expressway, Camden, and now Curtner/The Plant. Unless you live way up in the foothills, or on the border of South San Jose there's a Home Depot less than 20 minutes away.
Those poor plants rest in peace :*(
😭😭😭😭😭😭
An entire Store?! That's just crazy. I don't expect to see this store re-opening any time soon. It'll have to be bulldozed to ground level and rebuilt. But again, I am very doubtful they'll rebuild soon.
Well, Hydden! Yes, it will be rebuilt. Once it is clear by San Jose as well as OSHA. The store is located on a very popular area. Guess you are not aware of its location. It's across the street from a mall. So yes it will be rebuilt.
because of came out louit's amazing👍 but it's just l where they get back and aren't going out loud enough that it might take ass
ReBuild it no time at all
That's what insurance is for
And a big box places they run out of cookie cutter design so it won't take long to put them up
All the staff in there would be spread to other stores most likely to keep them employed so I hope there are stores located somewhere close by......????
@@garrylearmonth9313 oh of course there are at Home Depot South San Francisco Bay area there's plenty of other locations.
Thanks for the quick upload crazy. Retired firefighter Sacramento
Average life expectancy of firemen is 60.
I’ll pray for you.
Putin's price hike
Prayers to my fellow homedepot associates hope everyone got out on time
❤
I love homedepot stores and this is just sad and frustrating because fires like this one happen frequently especially in large cities
Yeah I hope nobody got hurt and this fire gets on my nerves because I love homedepot stores and if I could’ve helped my heroes fight this fire even though I would’ve definitely been one of the witnesses I would’ve definitely fought this fire although carefully
If possible I’d really like to see the full video footage of these bold heroes fighting this huge blaze
@@rosewetzel8284 join the fire department, u get health care and salary pay
HD’s like all hardware stores are stocked with volatile and flammable stuff.
Flames in the smoke cloud shooting up maybe 80 feet or more. That is one hot mfkng fire. Absolutely spooky.
Where were the sprinklers? Was this so fast moving it overpowered them?
Question: Has anyone in the fire protection industry been noticing the increase in large, fully alarmed, modern non combustible buildings with sprinkler systems burning to the ground? This was practically unseen in the 90s and 2000s? Something new has hit the scene lately. Something that is either reactive and or has the ability to burn fast and overcome fire protection systems. The Amazon mega wharehouse in California, the Wallmart mega wharehouse in Indiana, Etc. These buildings made of concrete and steal should not be burning like this. This hasn't been seen before. My suspicion is the fascination with lithium batteries. I hope im wrong. What else is new to the stock of products that wasn't prevalent in the past 2 decades?
It's called crap construction. Sprinklers prob inoperable or unable to handle the fire load of a building filled with flammable items
Smart meters causes a lot of radiation and melts everything around..... But those big stores burning down is a very bad incident for the area, since neighborhood have to go shopping elsewhere. Gasoline getting very expensive, it's a double sword for the pockets.
Insurance fraud. It profitable, to make up the losses during the pandemic. You are correct in your assessments. Modern building, sprinkler and non combustible. Even with a heavy fire load.
I started out in 1990. Most residential fires were contained to a room in content. If the structure was well involved, it still held together and did not crumble right away. We had WAY more time to get in and plan a coordinated attack on the seat of the fire. Nowadays, it's usually fully involved by the time first piece arrives. Now we are talking giant buildings with a LOT of OPEN AIR! High, commercial ceilings, hundreds of openings and hundreds of pounds of chemicals, flammable materials and more. Then there are solar panels. I got out in 2007 so I'm not familiar, first-hand with panels and their systems? Employees don't know proper storage procedures anymore either. I highly doubt any type of incident training is given for them. These building needs BIGGER fire suppression systems, hydrants all around with adequate pressure and depts need to be trained correctly.
Add all the solar panels on the roof to hinder proper ventilation by firefighters. You didn’t have all that back then. Can’t vent over the origin of fire and then major spread. Plus the amount of fire load in the building and then the sprinkler system is overrun.
Wow, that was a huge fire at this home depot. Will be interesting to find out what caused this.
BLM
Putin...
@@Jori.55 yea definitely Blue Lives Matter people
Someone taking a dump in the restroom after eating Del Taco
Arson to cover a burglary
My prayers to all my fellow associates in San Jose from your Porterville HD (1080). We are all praying for you and glad to hear that reports say that everyone made it out safely. That’s great news. But all our prayers go out to you. We will be looking to help in any way possible. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for letting us know that everyone is safe.
Associates? I think in all the yrs I’ve gone to Home Depot, the amount of help that I have gotten could be counted on one hand, with 3 fingers missing. You people don’t know crap about your stores.
Associates? I think in all the yrs I’ve gone to Home Depot, the amount of help that I have gotten could be counted on one hand, with 3 fingers missing. You people don’t know crap about your stores
@@user-rb1yf4he9q wow! So a Store burns down to the ground (luckily nobody got hurt or died) and instead of sympathy all you can comment is this? Really? Wow! You need a lesson in manners. Wise up!
@@user-rb1yf4he9q such a thoughtful thing to say after a store burns down to the ground! People will be out jobs and customers will be out things they need but yet you felt it necessary during this time of tragedy to offer up your opinion. Hmmm so how does this make you feel? Do you feel special now that you made your insane comment? Does it Feel good to make fun of a terrible situation? So tell me if your house burnt down would you want people commenting on how they could careless? Have some compassion would you! Be glad that nobody got injured or died. Geez man you act like you’re happy this happened! Totally uncalled for comment in this situation!
I hope everyone is safe.
First, a Walmart warehouse goes up.
Now a Home Depot?
Is there a move by some people to burn down the big box stores?
the Walmart was a fulfillment center
Or add to the supply chain shortages
I refuse to believe that it was anything else BUT arson. There have been some furniture store fires on here as well huge 4 and 5 alarm fires
I bet the arsonist is one of those watching in the crowd. Enjoying his/her/them/theys handy work.
Verses the Docs who LIED to you about a clot-shot being "safe & effective", right?
Where are your PRIORITIES, 🐑?
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100%
You have ALL the answers, so point them out!
California Love
I was planning to go there later today to buy a hammer. Why do bad things always happen to me?
Consider it a good thing that you didn't go.
please tell me home depo doesn't carry lithium items...
Somebody had ONE job….
Looks like the sprinklers didn't contain this one. Contrary to the other comments, if sprinkler heads are large enough, and placed close enough together, they will contain a fire, BUT, the local FD must arrive in a timely manner and hopefully get a 2.5" line on it quickly. There is a video somewhere on TH-cam that shows this exact scenario. The local FD was able to knock a fire down in a Home Depot with two 1.75" lines.
Was verkaufen die? Kunststoffe?
All that imported schlock up in smoke
No sprinkler system?
Is it possible this could be determined to have been arson?
What were they doing going on the roof at the beginning of this???? They never heard of a truss failing under heat.
So the sprinkler system was turned off
No Sprinkler System??
What, no sprinkler system?
California building codes didn’t save this one
I hope everyone is safe. Wonder what caused it?
You mean to tell me during the day in a busy homedepot no one could have grabbed a fire extinguisher and stopped it before it got out of control. Bet it was arson.
No portable fire extinguishers...I work at HD and after seeing this fire, our store has maybe 1 or 2 portables..They have the ones that are fire hoses bolted to the walls..But they have about a 25 foot hose to them..Not very effective for a fire in the middle of the store..
The fire is so big, there is virtually nothing they can do (ie. making an interior attack). The entire store will be burned down (or most of it least).
First arriving units went inside with 2.5” handlines. When the building began to collapse the Chief in charge shifted strategy to defensive. You risk lives to save lives. At that point everyone was out except the firefighters.
I hate to see this happen. Best of luck to all in the recovery efforts. In the video I saw no tower ladders attacking the fire from above. I watch FDNY response videos and a five alarm fire such as that would have a number of tower ladders surrounding the structure and pouring it on. Just thinking out loud.
The difference is this building is already a total loss in this video, and its an open area. Any department, even FDNY will let it burn to the ground. But the FDNY seldomly has an open area around a fire. This type of fire is full of oils, paints, other chemicals, wood (etc) so surround and drown won't work. Some of the chemicals in there could very well react negatively to water. The general rule of thumb for any fire department is a fire is out of control, full of hazards material, an open area, and has a threat to collapse, they'll let it burn. Its just safer
Last Week was Walmart in Fremont!!!! 🤔 Was this another Robbery Fire?????
Home Depot couldn't afford their fire sprinkler bill?
Damn…5 Alarm
we didn't start the fire, it's been always burning since the world's been turning!
looks like they need to up their sprinkler game.
🤡🤡👈👈
I wish that I could have hired all of the experts commenting on the root cause of the fire and the installation of a sprinkler system. When designing a system the code sets standards for design based in precieved hazards. Many of these standards are based on actual fire data and fire modeling like designed by NIST. Many fires are suppressed prior to the FD arrival. There are those where human error played a part in the sprinkler system failure. Many times we found valves turned off in the street or in the actual structure. In cases employees placed items that were too close to the head preventing the heat from triggering the activation.
The industry benchmark for design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems, NFPA 13 addresses sprinkler system design approaches, system installation, and component options to prevent fire deaths and property loss.
Much work is needed to determine the reason why the fire resulted in a conflagration so quick. All Home Depot warehouses are provided with fire sprinklers based on NFPA 13.
Dione Warwick asked "Do you know the way to San Jose?" Now, all you have to do is follow the smoke.
Just follow the rising real estate market.
Because of this huge advertisment, they should make up for it soon. It will be more popular than Lowe's now.
Does anyone know the cause?
Putin
Home depot will work or not get money or not
It’s gonna take years for them to rebuild this store😢
they did it for the gram
I hear ominous sounds AND see faces in the smoke. Am I alone? 😰🔥
Stop smoking that strong stuff.
@@richardm3023 😂
That's Literally my nearby home depot, Sad to know I won't be going there again.
Don't worry, they will have the plans out for that store and getting quotes to rebuild it as it is burning to the ground................... I bets it's going again in 12 months.
Go to Lowes
@@Jori.55 thx, I realized
I'm surprised that the Fire Department didn't order spectators further back from that inferno, considering that with paint, solvents, plastics, electronics, etc.... that those fumes could be toxic, as well as the potential risk of explosions?!
I wonder if nearby homes or businesses were also evacuated as a precaution? 🤔
Worse than the campbell 4-alarm fire that occurred a few weeks back. This is horrible
Lots and lots of combustible materials in hardware stores, propane, paint, acetone, etc. glad nobody is hurt
I could've really used some Milwaukee items before that happened.
Literally anything flammable within the store has exploded it seems.
This fire was as big as the Santa Row fire.
Does anyone know how it started?
Arson
Well at least the shop lifters didn’t get it..
I guess the sprinkler system Wasn't working properly
Amen 🙏
They would have gotten to this fire sooner, but they couldn't find anyone working in the Home Depot to show them the aisle the fire was located in.
This is an essential supply chain store a lot of businesses and families utilize… slowly they are being taken out… this is so suspicious 😒
You saying that fire extinguisher system didn't work. Piss poor safety measures. People not doing there jobs
Damn walmart an now home depot. Who is starting these fires
So...what??
This is the result of a serial shoplifter who set a fire as a distraction to steal power tools. Imagine if people had died from a low life thief
Heard nothing of this in the news
You are not watching the news.
Near Oakridge. Don’t ever slim down there anyway, so…………
What is going on? First Walmart distribution center, now Home Depot all sprinklered buildings! The fire suppression systems are well engineered,, San Jose fire dept is a top notch department with a great inspection division, I would put money on it that the sprinklers were in working condition . Protected structures like these do not burn like this! Most fires especially during business hours can be contained with 1 to 3 sprinkler heads fusing. I hope someone saved the security camera footage. But then again it would not be hard to cut some locks and render the systems useless.
I call that ten alarm
That’s 2 big fire in 2 days….???? Someone setting them
Lowe's is NOT fkng around !
Last Week was Walmart in Fremont!!!! 🤔
A walmart burned...great.
😳thats a big fucking fire
danm... i didnt know the sales at home depot where that hot! 😃
"Do you know the way to San Jose?" (points at the billowing column of smoke)
Damn a lot of money and chemicals went up in smoke
Liberals will have to ride bikes for rest of their lives to offset the carbon footprint.
Alot. Paints, cleaners bleach chemicals shingles
Two things, I hope they have their video going to a cloud and they can see where it started. Second, this may be tied up for years with the insurance company because there is NO WAY they will settle this claim in any hurry.
@@trvman1 I use to work at a different Home Depot but this specific location was well known for incompetence and management scandals
fix it with Flex Tape!
Sad to watch this and glad to hear everyone was safe!
I am too but I’d really like to see the full footage video of the firefighters fighting this fire
Sprinkler systems can be overwhelmed. It has happened many times before and always results in a fire like this.
world class California safety codes at work
A firefighter once told me that sprinkler systems aren't really intended to put out the fire. What they are there for is to reduce the speed that the fire spreads and grows to give the occupants time to escape.
@@joevignolor4u949 and this is something people hardly understand. As the son of a firefighter and as a future architect, no one understands this. They don't put out fires or they would be in our homes and there would be no need for fire departments anymore. They simply give you more time for big structures.
@@darthscion It's the same thing with smoke detectors. They don't put the fire out. They just give you time to escape.
not what they are meant to do
Dang, grab those plants in the front of the building, that is food growing there! Why stand so close to a building on fire with explosives and toxic material just to get a video?
Because us fire buffs want to
Spectacular footage. Great job.
On a positive they won't have to water the plants on the racks out front....
I doubt that any of the spectators considered the 'Blue Rhino' Propane tanks OUTSIDE the Front Door.
If they ignite I think they would launch towards the parking lot since they're against the store front wall.
37 years as a railroad conductor and you don't have to tell me to RUN at the first sight of FIRE.
B.L.E.V.E. boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion
@@kimwilliamson3615 Exactly........... best advice........RUN FAST
That put out more smoke than all the cars in California today
TRUE!
Next thing you know, AOC will have Joe make it illegal to burn down buildings !
I KNOW, I KNOW !! ---
Just let that one sink in a bit!! 😉
I was thinking about the 100's of products that would burn easily. Paint, solvents, wood, paint thinner and so on. There would be no way they could put it out.
No way to put out....like an EV battery fire 😝
Don’t forget about plastics, which are a double whammy since they usually release flammable gases through pyrolysis.
@@TheLegitAlpha More plastic in our lives than ever lol. Not going anywhere...
I was thinking about those propane tanks they keep outside the building, thank God.
@@tiramisussudio1096 I have seen propane tanks (small ones) blow up in San Diego during wildfire in 1997 across the golf course from us !
They need to find out who did that
Hopefully the surveillance footage is recorded offsite, so they can see who did it. If it's on site, then they'll never catch the criminal unless a store employee or customer saw something.
The 2x4's survived because they keep those locked in a safe.
Glad I got out of working there. Th home depot is a shit hole
It’s sure is funny how a store like this can burn with the sprinkler systems installed! Sprinklers are effective if installed correctly! I hope their camera surveillance system transmitted to outside facility! Also I hope every customer and associate got out safe and no firefighters were injured too! Prosecute the ones who started this fire please!
The store is full of volatile materials.
Sprinkler systems but time for you to get out, not to stop fires entirely. Especially with the high ceilings of these buildings.
@@MsArtistwannabe Yeah, the acid stuff mixed with other crap, sprinklers are not going to do sh*t. I used to work at HD, pallets upon pallets of that crap
@@MsArtistwannabe Btw, I'm agreeing with you
No it cannot be fire alarm.
You can't really feel that bad for the commies.
I'm looking for the guy who blames the "Dems" in the comment section.
You have to go to Hunter's laptop and look the bank records between Biden, China, Russia, and the Ukraine and those that voted for them for that
Everything Woke turns to Shit!
Go Woke! Go Broke!
That's a shame. People's jobs gone. I hope HD keep them on the payroll for at least six months.
Theyve either been shit canned or moved to other home depots nearish by
I highly doubt their jobs are gone. This is probably exciting and they will get some nice time off.
@@willissudweeks1050 Well, they will need at least six month backing. That store may be closed a year, just because of the supply chain.
That is 60 million dollar store. With all that inventory lost. Prayers to the workers and hope HD will take care of their employees with the Homer Fund program
The Home Depot doesn’t give two shits about its employees they are just bodies to the corporate office
Was driving down to San Jose yesterday and thought the smoke was from a large wildfire. Tons of smoke from this fire.
Where there’s smoke, there’s... Oh you know the thing!
Name of Jesus Christ I pray for safety of all in this store and people around area. Paints and fertilizer and woods tiles so lots of chemical s to be hazardous and don't breathe Air! Toxins in Area! I pray for containment I this situation of fire . Very unusual situation seems like deliberately destroyed!!! Safety issues always intact . Something must have been unusual in this situation! I say this as former employee in another state . Very safety conscious ! That's why I know. Thank you firefighter s for your work .
Let’s be careful it could be intentional..
There’s so many bad ppl trying to do harm ..
The're called Democrats
@@lovethyneighbor1955 damn bro u must say that alot
@@lovethyneighbor1955 Trumpers one and all.
Seems like the number of bad people in california is increasing daily
Amen. When CA starts letting violent felons out with a slap on the wrist (looking at you Sacramento) stuff like this is going to start happening a lot more. We don’t have any sort of justice system in this state anymore, we’re essentially the Wild West, which is exactly what the Democrats want.
I think we can call that a totally involved structure, fire department using containment methods only, no saving that building. Wonder if we will ever find out the origin of the fire, most comments refer to possible arson? Once the paint department gets heated up you have a lot of flammables.
Yep, paint, thinners, metho, oils, cleaning products now add everything for pools, chlorine etc. Timber. On top of all that, add the timber shelving and pallets up in high rise within the store and I reckon it will burn till there is nothing left except the concrete outer walls........................ twisted metal inside.
@Me Me I think if you look at the film footage it seems to have travelled sideways. Radiant heat will heat up what's next to it and burst it into flames and the next and the next etc
@Me Me Each fire sprinkler fire head has a glass vial in it and bursts when it gets hot enough....... But these are a good 40 foot in the air, so by the time they burst the fire is going pretty well already. The sprinklers are good when their down low like in a low roof area.
and I think they use wood pallets to stack the paints and almost everything in the store, and they are very close to each other. So once one of them start burning the fire will spread up and sideways
@@weekenderfam7965 Yep, all products are stored on pallets next to each other so it can be moved around easily and that also goes for putting them up in high racking. Although in our store U can't put flammable products in high rise. Fire would spread from pallet to pallet, from radiant heat. you just have to sit in front of a fire and feel the heat coming off the flames.
I'd imaging that Home Depot would rather that store burn down than keep giving $1,500 per day of stuff to every thief.
Fremont Walmart was set on fire a few weeks ago during a robbery, but the fire never got this bad. Wonder if something similar happened here.
Hope no one stuck inside the restroom 🚽 pooping
The insurance company will tell you they are "The good Hand People" as they are taking your premiums. When have a fire and want to collect on the damages to rebuild the insurance company will only give you the finger.
They are self insured
is this the store on blossom hill road?
Yes.
It was the store on Blossom Hill Rd.
When is the Fire Sale, and will discounts be available at all locations?
Bruh...🤣🤣🤣
Too soon.. lol
so much for pollution control.. thought California was supposed to be setting the example?
A few people will be unemployed by tomorrow morning...........
They would be allocated to other stores, they will still have jobs but the extra travel will cost for them. Casuals will suffer though.
The flames are Home depot orange
Lmao
It's in a city of over 1 million people, of course there are other Home Depot stores near by. This was my go-to store but I've visited others in the area especially coming home from work. Curtner store was desolate for about a year after they built it but afterwards was very crowded when people caught on where it was. Capitol was always busy when I went there since it was built. This Blossom Hill store will be sorely missed until it is rebuilt. Home Depot offers a lot that other hardware stores don't have. Glad no one was gravely injured and got out as well as the dogs next door. Please rebuild as soon as possible.
I've lived in San Jose a long time and since 1993 I have lived 5 minutes away from three different Home Depots. Capital Expressway, Camden, and now Curtner/The Plant. Unless you live way up in the foothills, or on the border of South San Jose there's a Home Depot less than 20 minutes away.
Heard it started in lumber yard section... Must have been a hot saw blade or chainsaw spark.. Hmmm.😩😳😞😒.