Fire spreads to 3 houses in central Las Vegas valley neighborhood

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue responded to several reports of a fire in a central Las Vegas valley neighborhood early Wednesday morning. When crews arrived around 2 a.m. at the area of Valley View Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, they saw that the fire spread to two other houses, resulting in it being upgraded to a two-alarm fire. It was a rude awakening for resident Wini Lau who was rushed out by firefighters with her now soot-covered dog, Mini. “I was in deep sleep and then suddenly I heard two bomb sounds outside and when I looked out the window, there were all these flames outside,” she recounted. After a 10-minute battle, crews gave the all-clear just before 2:30 a.m. Las Vegas Fire and Rescue staff explained the fire damaged the first house’s garage and its door.
KLAS-TV CBS 8 Las Vegas

Firefighters train in Clark County ahead of expected challenging fire season

VIDEO: U.S. Forest Service firefighters are busy training for the upcoming wildfire season. Up at Cold Creek, the firefighters are doing what is called the “Critical 80.” “That’s the first two weeks or training, talk about different scenarios, conduct hose lay drills and learn how to use tools,” said firefighter Nicholas Rupp. The firefighters work in teams to conduct different exercises such as a mobile attack where they hose down hot spots as a firetruck containing their water supply follows close behind. Brock Eskildsen has been a firefighter for three years. “We love what we do,” he said. In his years with the U.S. Forest Service he has been deployed in Nevada, California and Utah. He says he expects it to be a challenging fire season this year.
KVVU-TV FOX 5 Las Vegas

Lyon County Sheriff: Yerington woman dies, man injured in structure fire

A 36-year-old Yerington resident died, one person was injured and three escaped from a house fire Monday night in Yerington, according to the Lyon County Sheriff's Office. At approximately 11:49 p.m. the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Communications Division received a 911 call of a reported residential structure fire on Spence Lane in Yerington. The Yerington/Mason Valley Fire Department, Deputies from the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, Southern Command Patrol Division, and the Yerington Police department responded to the residence. Upon arrival, they found a single family home, fully engulfed in fire, according to the sheriff's office in a news release. It was quickly determined that one female adult and two juveniles were able to escape the fire uninjured.
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Reno Fire Department stresses importance of arson awareness

VIDEO: Fire crews respond on a regular basis to fires set intentionally, but the reasons they get lit, often differ. “Sometimes people start fires against structures. Sometimes they burn vehicles for insurance. And sometimes they use arson to cover up other crimes,” said Reno Fire Marshall John Beck. On national arson awareness week, Beck discussed the problem of arson locally, saying about 25% of fires tend to be started by arson. Beck says one good thing when it comes to arson investigations, has been technology helping in investigations. “There is a lot technology like motion activated lighting and ring cameras,” Beck said. “They can help us make a positive identification on somebody.”
KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno