Home Depot is paying $1.3 million in fines after an investigation revealed fire code violations following an arson that burned a South San Jose store to the ground, prosecutors said.
SAN JOSE – Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen's office announced the fine against the hardware giant Monday, which followed an investigation by the DA's office and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives into the 2022 fire that destroyed the store on Blossom Hill Road.'Fire code violations are potential tragedies in waiting. Ignoring them isn't just risky; it's reckless. It risks far more than property.
According to investigators, the store's automatic fire suppression water sprinkler system had been disabled at the time of the fire. Home Depot was told the system was not working, but did not fix it.Investigators also learned that 13 other Home Depot stores across the country were issued notices of fire code violations between 2018 and 2023.
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