By Town Crier Staff Report
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A two-alarm fire Sunday night destroyed a house at 24621 Summerhill Ave. in the unincorporated county area near Los Altos.
No one was inside the home at the time of the fire, and the cause of the blaze has not been determined, said Tom Walsh, spokesman for the Santa Clara County Fire Department.
A neighbor, Kalen Gruber, said he made an emergency call at 7:50 p.m.
“We backed down into the street and watched in horror as the entire house was ignited,” Gruber said.
Gruber said he saw a firefighter rescue a small dog from the house, but Walsh could not confirm that detail.
Walsh said damage to the house was extensive, “about 95 percent.”
Several vehicles from the El Monte fire station responded to the scene, he added.
An investigation into the source of the fire is ongoing.
