UPDATE: A shelter-in-place order has been lifted for residents in South San Jose where a fire destroyed a Home Depot store.
Sunday morning mopping and cleaning up after flames destroyed the store overnight.
A five-alarm fire at a busy Home Depot in South San Jose sends dozens of employees and customers running to escape the flames. Marianne Favro reports. The blaze began Saturday at around 5:30 p.m. and prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents in the El Lisa Drive area due to heavy smoke from the structure.
"Those in the path of smoke are advised to continue to shelter in place with windows/doors closed," the san Jose Fire Department said via Twitter.
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