SAN JOSE -- Two firefighters suffered minor injuries battling a two-alarm carport fire that downed power lines and threatened a home and nearby apartment complex Monday afternoon, authorities said.

The fire began shortly after 4 p.m. at a home in the 200 block of Delia Street, sparking in a carport behind the house, San Jose fire officials said. Downed wires and spilled fuel presented an extra challenge, with hazardous materials specialists summoned to tend to the latter.

Flames and smoke damaged the carport, four cars and a fence, but was kept from spreading to the house and nearby apartments. Two firefighters were taken to the hospital where they were treated for minor injuries and then released.

A cause for the fire remains under investigation.