Small brush fire reported near Penitencia Creek Rd and Toyon Ave, San Jose CA

Wildfire

Reported: 10/31/2025 05:59 PM

Penitencia Creek Rd & Toyon Ave, San Jose, CA 95127

A small brush fire is reported near Penitencia Creek Road and Toyon Avenue. Multiple callers say the fire is close to a power pole where a dead squirrel was found. Fire and rescue teams are responding to the scene.

Audio|Source: San Jose Fire

02:19

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 19, small brush or grass fire at Penitencia Creek Road near Toyon Avenue, Station 19's area.

00:11

For engine 30.

00:15

Engine 30, you're seen as secure with CD,

00:18

untriage medical for a male who's intoxicated.

00:23

As we fire, engine 31.

00:27

Engine 31.

00:30

And you have great r-ambulist code 3 for trauma.

00:34

Engine 31, 104.

00:36

Engine 16, Engine 26, Truck 16, Battalion 2, structure response for a single residential building fire. The command channel is Command 21, near Corace Drive near Orlando Drive and Palmary Way.

00:51

Station 16th area, the command channel is Command 21.

00:56

Engine 13, 7.A.

01:01

Thank you, bye.

01:03

Engine 13, Pied is advising your scene is secure.

01:07

9-2-21.

01:14

Battalion 2 in route.

01:16

Edgeil 16, I'll commence.

01:20

Truck 16, so 21. Truck 16, so 21.

01:26

Chuck 16.

01:31

Twenty-six.

01:34

Engine 26.

01:36

Battalion 2, Command 21.

01:42

Battalion 2, your structure response is en route on Command 21.

01:46

This is for a single caller on-site reporting smoke coming from her dryer.

01:51

She said she did smell gas earlier and the smoke is now getting paid. Engine 19, Kennedy.

01:58

Thank you, copy.

01:59

Engine 19.

02:02

We've got a couple callers reporting a vegetation fire in the area of the creek east of Toyon.

02:09

They said it's near a power pole with a dead squirrel next to it.

02:16

Thank you, copies. Hope you asked in about a minute or so.

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Penitencia Creek Rd & Toyon Ave, San Jose, CA 95127

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