SAN JOSE (KRON) — Firefighters in San Jose are responding to a 3-alarm fire at a south San Jose restaurant.
Dispatchers with the San Jose Fire Department received a call about a fire at Jimmy’s Restaurant near the intersection of Capitol Expressway and Snell Avenue just before 8:30 a.m.
An hour and a half later the fire was out, but fire crews were still at the restaurant cleaning up.
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Jimmy’s is open 24 hours; the restaurant was open at the time of the fire.
The fire started in the kitchen behind the hood and duct system inside the restaurant. An extinguishment system went off several times, but was unable to extinguish the fire due to its location, according to Fire Capt. Christopher Salcido.
“There were four workers inside and a few patrons that smelled the smoke and heard the alarm,” Salcido said. “They were all able to exit the building safely.”
Firefighters determined that the fire was not spreading past one particular portion of the restaurant and were able to isolate it there, according to Salcido.
Nobody was injured in the fire.