VIDEO: A mansion on Welpman Way on an unincorporated Clark County island inside of Henderson city limits was destroyed late Thursday in a fire that smoldered well into Friday afternoon.
Deputy Clark County Fire Chief John Steinbeck said the county sent a 1,500-gallon tanker truck to help Henderson Fire crews douse the flames when they discovered the nearest fire hydrant was a mile away, and they would have to fill up there and then head back to the scene.
"Everywhere doesn't have our standard hydrants that are 500 feet apart, and 1,500 gallons per minute," Steinbeck said.
Steinbeck said most areas have ordinances in place regulating the space between hydrants in new developments, but this home was built in 1978 under different fire codes.