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Three People Jump Out Of Second Floor Window To Safety As Couch Smolders

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Three people leapt out of a second-floor townhouse window onto a mattress to safety this morning when smoke from a smoldering couch on the first floor reached them upstairs, according to the San Jose Fire Department.

At 7:22 a.m., a resident of the townhome on Palacio Espada Court south of McKee Road told a dispatcher about a fire there and that three people were trapped inside the unit, fire Capt. Brad McGibben said.

Firefighters went into rescue mode upon arrival and, after entering the townhome, found no one inside and a couch that was smoldering and creating a large amount of smoke, McGibben said.

The fire on the couch had nearly gone out on its own and firefighters put some water on it to extinguish it completely, according to McGibben.

The fire crew soon learned that the three people inside the unit, thinking that it was unsafe to go downstairs because of the smoke, opted to leap out of a window upstairs onto a mattress placed by someone on the ground, McGibben said.

"They all jumped from the second-story window prior to our arrival," he said.

A paramedic checked all three and none of them was injured in the jump, he said.

"In the end, it was a pretty minor fire, but the fact that three people had to jump from a window made it a little bit unique," he said.

The people did the right thing to save themselves after seeing the quality of smoke and appreciating the danger of being overcome by smoke if they went downstairs, he said.

A smoldering couch like the one the residents had can produce a lot of smoke, he said.
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