Calif. Firefighter Snagged by 'Booby Trap'

Officials say that a San Jose firefighter who wearing the proper gear was not injured when he got caught in a booby trap.

San Jose firefighters were called to a homeless encampment Sunday, when the firefighter fell into the trap lined with spikes, KNSD reports.

The 2-foot-by-2-foot hole had wooden spikes sticking out  and was covered by a burlap sack and dirt. 

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"Our guess is it had been there for sometime," San Jose Fire Capt. Mike Van Elgort told the television station. "Maybe as a means of defense of one encampment to another."

A homeless man confirmed the captain's thoughts with the TV reporter.

"You hurt them before they hurt you."