Los Gatos Home Significantly Damaged By Early Morning Fire

LOS GATOS, CA -- A second-alarm fire caused significant damage to a two-story, single-family home in Los Gatos early this morning, according to Santa Clara County fire officials.

The fire was reported at 5:49 a.m. in the 100 block of Broadway near West Main Street.

Forty firefighters responded along with Los Gatos police and PG&E crews, Santa Clara County Fire Capt. Bill Murphy said.

The first engine company that arrived found a significant fire inside the house as well as on the outer left side of the building.

Neighbors told firefighters that an elderly woman who lived there might be inside, but crews who searched the house while fighting the fire found that she was not at home.

The fire spread through the walls into the attic and proved difficult to contain because of the age and construction of the house, Murphy said.

No injuries to civilians or firefighters were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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