2 Children Hospitalized After Suffering Burns, Jumping From Window During 2-Alarm San Jose Fire
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) -- A two-alarm fire in San Jose Thursday morning injured a mother and two children, all burn victims, according to fire officials.
The first report of the fire came in at 8:05 a.m. in the 1900 block of Story Road, a fire dispatcher said.
KCBS' Matt Bigler is at the scene, where he says the two children were forced to jump from the second story to avoid further burns.
2 children jumped from this 2nd story window to escape the smoke. They are now suffering from critical burn injuries pic.twitter.com/0iJWQmWx4h
— Matt Bigler (@mattbiglerradio) June 25, 2015
Neighbors are being credited for helping at least one family member escape by smashing windows.
These two neighbors being called "Heroes" by firefighters. They smashed windows to help mother escape black smoke pic.twitter.com/6nrdtWnx7b
— Matt Bigler (@mattbiglerradio) June 25, 2015
The children are their mother are now hospitalized with what are being called critical burns.