A fire near a vacant office building on South Drive in Mountain View has caused an estimated $50,000 in damage.
According to a Mountain View Fire Department press release, smoke and flames were reported at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, coming from the area of a commercial office. Arriving firefighters located a fire outside a single-story office and extinguished the flames with a fire-attack hose line.
The fire was stopped before it spread to an adjacent building. Firefighters breached the ceiling of the building to confirm the fire spread had been stopped. The firefighters also removed parts of the building to remove water and smoke from the affected parts of the office.
There were no injuries. The fire originated in an outside storage box, but the cause remains under investigation.
The area surrounding the 200 block of South Drive is near Grant Road, single-family homes and El Camino Health.
The Mountain View Police Department provided traffic control for 90 minutes while fire units and equipment were on the scene.
