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Firefighters battle 3-alarm fire at Buddhist temple in San Jose

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Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a Buddhist temple in San Jose Monday.

The incident was reported on the 90 block of Foss Avenue at around 7:30 p.m.

Fire crews were able to knock out the flames by 8:45 p.m.

No injuries were reported but four people who lived on the property were displaced, firefighters said.

“The vast majority of this building is a large meeting area, fortunately there was no meetings at the time,” SJFD Captain Graham Flanagan said. “The only people that were in the building were the four people who live in the building. They live in a small unit that’s towards the rear of the building above the garage space.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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