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FIRE DAMAGE REPORT`r a. County of Santa �a Ow 1 2 3 4 INYESTI6ATION RMT 7117 01Noe of ta• Me Nor" 140 Hamllne Street San Jose, Callfornla 88110 2.2041 Area Code 408 REPORT NO. F-74/5-0 ALARM NO. 8130 FIRE DEPT ID INCIDENT NO EXPOSURE NO TIME MONTH DAY YEAR DAY COIINTY DIST JURISDICTION 4 3 0 8 0 1 8 1 No equipment F7 3 1 2119 ? 4 CORE OF FIREJ DITY VLI, CEN/cup LOCATION CODE ACT OR OI4ISSI014 CAt151NG IGNITION 2 VIOLATION Suspicious Act, juvenile 10441 Castine Avenue, Cupertino OCCUPANT NAME ALARM ROBM IMSOON & JANET HE " BERRY S O U R C E I L 80X PFA 5R VERBAL ADI O OTNER ADDRESS ROOM APT NO CITY ZIP TELEPHONE NO. 10441 Castine Avenue Cupertino (CALL 9ACF) 253-4315 OWNER NAME ADDRESS CITY ZIP TELEPHONE NO JANET HELEN BERRY 10441 Castine Avenue, Cupertino 244-8500 (work) MANAGER NAME ADDRESS CITY 21P TELEPHONE NO B. PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION CODE TYPE OF INCIDENT I CONSTR :..ATE PRE '2 PO,1 71 1 , 1 Building fire I PX1 2 CODE PROPERTY CLASSIFICA-ION (CO',PLEX) I I CODE PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION (INDIVIDI)AL) 4 1 1 Dwelling DISCOVERED BY DIANA LYNN WEIM, TP 255-1151 REPORTED BY Same IRESPONSSISLUS ECTS ACTION TAKEN C. PROPERTY TYPE PPOPERTY MANAGEMENT PVT FED (TAIL COJNT, CITY DISTRICT FOREIGN OTHER , 11 2 n IF -1 4 1 `M 6 n 7 B CODE STRUCTURE, 9UILDING OR VEHICLE - PROPERTY TYPE BUILDING NO. STORIES _lj Building, single occupancy 1 STRUCTURE BUILDING OR VEHICLE - CONSTRUCTION TYPE EMT WALL INT. HALL FLOOR ROOF FIRE RATED N C OMB N C C ti+B CO B N Z C 4 9 N C 6 7 IES8 E. LOCATION & CAUSE CODE AREA OF ORIGIN LEVEL OF ORIGIN 1 0 Il 1 Ground floor CODE Plastic SOURCE OF HEAT CAUSING IGNITION 9 8 1 No equipment CODE MAIN AVENUES SMOKE SPREAD FORM OF HEAT CAUSING IGNITION 4 5 Match CODE ACT OR OI4ISSI014 CAt151NG IGNITION 2 3 Suspicious Act, juvenile F. AREA. MATERIALS & SMOKE SPREAD G. SPREAD OF FIRE CODE AREA OF ORIGIN 4 ? 1 Garage CODE TYPE OF MATERIAL FIRST Ir.NITED 4 Plastic CODE FORM OF MATERIAL FIRST I,NITED 4 Toy game CODE MAIN AVENUES SMOKE SPREAD CODE MAIN AVENUES FIRE SPREAD CODE TYPE MATERIAL CAUSING SPREAD CODE FORM MATERIAL CAUSING SPREAD CODE ACT OR OMISSION CAUSING SPREAD J. MISCELLANEOUS FIREFIGHTER CIVILIANS PHOTOS FOLDER AG NCIE5 NOTIFIED N0. INJUPED NO OF OEATNS N0. INJURED NO. OF DEATHS Yes DATE TIME INVESTIGATED INVESTIGATED BY 2 10/19/74. 2310 hour DFM Alfred A. Smith Inmrance Inforration: State Farm Insurance, Mr. Marvin Clawson, 1212 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, California, TP 344-2541. SAB:pg aes Central Fire District TO RECORDS CENTER - 2 YEARS DESTROY 10 YEARS An Fgwl OpporbA tly 600110raf Alarms No. 5130 Persons Interviewedi 1. JANET HELEN BERRY .12. DIANA LYNN WEIKEL (dob 7/19/62), 10401 Castine Avenue, Cupertino, TP 255-1151 ✓ 3. GERALD McOORNICL COOLEY (dob 9/13/41), 10421 Castine Avenue, Cupertino, TP 255-0383 ./4. MRS. PEM DUPIN, 10411 Castine Avenue, Cupertino, TP 257-8310 5. MRS. SHARON Ste, 10461 Castine Avenue, Cupertino, TP 251-0440 6. MR. & MRS. -JAMES SHALE'S, 21295 Rumford Drive, Cupertino, TP 255-3036 ,/7. CHAD BRANDON SHALES (5 years old) - RESPONSIBLE � 8. WILLIAM JAMES BEW (dob 2/26/64) - RESPONSIBLE SUMMARY 10/19/74, 2310 hours. Arrived on the scene of the fire at the above location. Members of the Central Fire District personnel were completing extinguishment of the fire. NOTE: SDFM HAROLD :.'TALKER assisted in the investigation. The fire occurred in the garage and involved three areas: 1) the toy of a wooden toy box approximately 2 feet above the floor, 2) an object on the top of a table beside the toy box against the west wall of the garage and 3) a sheet of 1/4 inch plywood which was covered with squares of carpeting and attached to the wall above and next to the work bench and toy box. It was noted that the underside of the table showed no evidence of being involved in the fire. It further appeared that the fire originated in a cardboard box of parts for an H.O. gauge train which was located in the garage. Photographs were taken of the fire scene. The owner, MRS. JANET BERRY, was then interviewed. The interview was somewhat frustrated by the excited and possibly inebriated state of the dwelling occupants. M.S. BERRY was somewhat defensive of her children making such remarks as "I don't see how it could have been anything but a deliberate fire and you just don't know my children." Although an exhaustive interview to obtain the information necessary to conduct a complete interview was not possible, the following outline of events was compiled. The fire was noticed by the discovering and reporting party from the sidewalk. DIANA ran to her home to report the fire by telephone then returned to the scene to alert the occupants who had just become aware of the fire. The fire itself was extinguished primarily by adults in the neighborhood with a garden hose. Further interviews were to be conducted at a later date. See supp,ementary report. AAS:pg A�, D114 Alfred A. Smith W lii1M'! 'm: P -"4 -M Alam Ma. 8130 10/20/74. Received a telephone ca11 from a MRS. GEWD 0001M advising that they had found some wooden matches between her residence and the BERRY residence located just north of her home. I contacted MR. & MRS. COOLEY at their residence and picked up some wooden matches which had been burned and tossed in the bushes next to the garage leading into the BEMI 'S residence. The matches were from the GINZA HOTEL in Tokyo and consisted of approximately seven burned wooden matches and two unburned and broken matches as well as the matchbox, which were all found in the bushes just outside the gate of the BERR3(IS residence. While talking to NR. & MRS. COOLEY, it was determined that MZ. DUPIN, the house south of theirs, had and does take trips to Japan. There was no one hose at the DUPIN residence on this date, 10'20/74. 10/21/74, 1210 hours. Contacted MBS. PENNY DUPIN at 10411 Castine Avenue, Oupertino. MBS. VMW could not identify the matches, however, advised me that ISR. JAMES SHALES who lived at the corner house had returned home from Japan on Wednesday evening. I also leerned that the SHALES had three children, a 10 year old, a 5 year old ani a 31 year old. I contacted VM. SHALE$ at her residence and after considerable interviews with her and later with her son, GORDON, at the elementary school, I requested permission to talk to CHAD, her ,5 year old son. CWAD advised me that he had taken the matches from their kitchen above the stove. He had also taken some cardboard from outside near the garage and had gone down and met with BILLY BERRY where they had played with matches on the date of the fire. His timing as to what time they were at the garage lighting matches was unclear, however, he thought it was sometime after 1700 hours on 10/19,/74. He said that they had set cardboard on fire in the garage and also outside of zhe garage next to the entrance into the garage. They also had extinguished the fire with a pan of water from the BERRY residence. CHAD advised me that both he and BILLY lit matches both inside and outside the garage. Contacted WILLIAM JAIL i BERRY and his mother at their residence. WILLIAM BEMIS date of birth is 2/26/64. *ten questioned regarding the above information, WILLIAM admitted that he and CHAD had played with matches in the garage and outside the garage. He said that CHAD brought a book of matches with some fancy coloring and he believed from Japan to his residence. Also he brought some old cardboard which he had picked up from the yard of the SHALE residence. They had set the cardboard on fire a number of times and extinguished same. They then extinguished one of the fires with a pan of water that WILLIAM took from the kitchen of the BERRY residence. WILLIAM believed that the fires were completely out when they discontinued playing. He also told me that he felt that the fires they had started were sometime between 1500 and 1630 hours on the afternoon of 10/19/74. WILLIAM aiao told me that the cardboard box where the fire originated had been a depot for an H.O. train not as well as a bridge also for his train set. He said that this was new equipaent still packaged in a box and that CHAD had opened the box and looked in when they were lighting matches. It is believed that some smoldering cardboard was placed next to or in the cardboard box causing a smoldering fire in the plastic, which eventually erupted into open flame. Both children were referred to their parents. No further action was taken. No prior record on the two responsibles was revealed upon checking the M files. G• MPC staltrer• F-74/5-200 Al arm No. 8130 Page 2 - Supplement The neighbors have requested that the Centra Fire District and this office discuss fire prevention techniques within the :iome as well as giving them a "run down" on the fire which occurred earlier on Castire Avenue as wel' as the fire on 10,19/74. This is being taken care of by this Officer •and D,'C PAYNE of Central Fire District. No further action taken. ffi:pg 3 FM Ha:•old E. Stalker J OeAlojj 6 �L- 140016 PAI-- S -UI77 �:,- 731 -Yd �