How the San Jose Home Depot fire compares to the 2002 Santana Row blaze
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/04/13/san-jose-home-depot-fire-brings-up-memories-of-the-2002-santana-row-blaze/
It’s not every day that a building in San Jose becomes consumed by a raging inferno, sending up dark clouds of smoke that can be seen for miles, forcing hundreds of people to flee for safety and captivating the nation’s attention.
So when a Home Depot store in South San Jose quickly burst aflame last weekend, many residents were reminded of one of the city’s last calamitous structure fires: the 2002 Santana Row blaze.