KRON4's Taylor Bisacky reports.

The Chabad house, a Jewish place of study and worship, went up in flames this week, but fortunately, the Torahs were spared. Subscribe to KTVU's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhtkN7-c8mA8GXEoxS4YQw?sub_confirmation=1 KTVU delivers the best in-depth reports, interviews and breaking news coverage in the San Francisco Bay Area and California Watch KTVU's newscasts on https://www.ktvu.com/live Download KTVU's news and weather apps for free at https://www.ktvu.com/mobile-apps Subscribe to KTVU's newsletter at https://www.ktvu.com/newsletters Follow KTVU on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ktvu Follow KTVU on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KTVU Follow KTVU on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ktvu2/

KRON4's Taylor Bisacky reports.

San Jose firefighters extinguished a fire Wednesday at the Chabad House synagogue, which fire officials do not believe to be a hate incident. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Fsn42O Subscribe to KTVU's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhtkN7-c8mA8GXEoxS4YQw?sub_confirmation=1 KTVU delivers the best in-depth reports, interviews and breaking news coverage in the San Francisco Bay Area and California Watch KTVU's newscasts on https://www.ktvu.com/live Download KTVU's news and weather apps for free at https://www.ktvu.com/mobile-apps Subscribe to KTVU's newsletter at https://www.ktvu.com/newsletters Follow KTVU on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ktvu Follow KTVU on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KTVU Follow KTVU on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ktvu2/

San Jose police said they’re looking for someone who lit a fire in the carport of a local synagogue Wednesday morning. Elizabeth Cook reports. (12-23-21)

Authorities are investigating after an early morning fire destroyed a South San Jose synagogue. The incident happened early Wednesday morning at the Chabad House near Branham and Almaden Expressway. Police on Thursday morning said an investigation determined the fire was not a hate incident or racially motivated. Police said the fire appears to have started outdoors and spread to a carport, later extending into the attic space of the attached building. Rabbi Mendel Weinfeld showed NBC Bay Area late Wednesday what remains inside of the community center and the synagogue of the Chabad House. Weinfeld said they moved into the San Jose location just three months ago. “It's surreal to see. Devastating to see our synagogue up in flames,” he said. Weinfeld said the fire tore through the building sometime overnight, destroying the entire downstairs and then reignited. A garbage truck driver saw the flames and called 911.