Crime & Safety
Fireworks SJ Garage Explosion Hurts 2 Men, One Arrested
The two men were transported to the hospital from the scene located on Moonflower Court near San Felipe Road. One was arrested.
SAN JOSE, CA -- Stored fireworks appear to be the cause of a garage explosion Sunday afternoon in southeastern San Jose in which two men were hospitalized and one arrested, police said.
Police responded about 3:09 p.m. Sunday to a house in the 4100 block of Moonflower Court, a few blocks east of San Felipe Road, to a report of an explosion in the garage there. Two men were taken to a local hospital, one of them with life-threatening injuries, police Sgt. Enrique Garcia. One man was at first considered to have suffered life-threatening injuries, but Garcia said both men's injuries are considered non-life-threatening.
John Meltzer was released from the hospital and arrested Monday by San Jose police for possession of a destructive device. The second man remains in the hospital Monday afternoon.
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The San Jose Police Department bomb unit, which discovered the fireworks in the garage, is investigating. Several nearby homes were evacuated as police continue to investigate, Garcia said.
--Bay City News/Sue Wood, Patch; Image via Shutterstock
