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Carson City firefighters responded this afternoon to a structure fire off of Highway 50 near Mound House. The fire, said to be an outbuilding, is off of Garnet Circle.

Firefighters were alerted to the fire at around 12:35 p.m. after seeing a column of smoke. When firefighters arrived they saw the structure burning, according to dispatch. The Central Lyon County Fire District in Mound House was notified.

A dispatcher with Central Lyon County Fire District said the structure was an outbuilding. No other information was available.

UPDATE: The structure fire at a Gentry Lane home is now under control, reports Carson City Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli. The fire was situated in the high-peak roof area of the home. The cause has not yet been determined, he said.

Firefighters knocked it down within 30 minutes of the call. Damage to the home is between $80,000 to $100,000, said Battalion Chief John Arneson.

Carson City firefighters were called to a structure fire late Tuesday night at a Tiger Drive mobile home park in which a unit burned leaving a family homeless.

The residence had significant smoke and structural damage inside. The fire was brought under control at 12:16 a.m., Wednesday morning and fully extinguished at 1:22 a.m. No injuries were reported.

Witnesses said the family returned from work to find the home filled with smoke that appeared to come from the floor area in the front part of the unit. Family members grabbed what they could and evacuated.

UPDATE: 10:15AM: A fire Saturday morning at a Levi Gulch home has been extinguished, according to Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi. No injuries were reported. The owners were home at the time of the fire.

About 40 percent of the home was damaged. The size of the home is estimated to be between 3,000 to 3,500-square foot. Another 20 to 30 percent of the home received smoke damage.

Carson City firefighters were called shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday to a structure fire in an attic in the 1400 block of Sonoma Street.
Firefighters on scene report smoke coming from the attic of the home. Carson City Sheriff's Office patrol deputies were directing traffic. Three Carson City fire engines were deployed, one with a spotlight.

It is unknown at this time if anyone was inside or if any injuries were reported.

CARSON CITY — On occasion it becomes necessary for law enforcement to restrict access to an area where an emergency is taking place. Most of the time traffic is allowed to continue with minimal direction from on scene personnel.

Unfortunately though, sometimes it becomes a matter of necessity to block an entire roadway to traffic for both the safety of you, the motoring public and those who are working in the area which is blocked off.

A mobile home received significant damage on Monday after a structure fire in the area of Poole Way near Lompa Lane in Carson City. No one was home at the time.

Children in an adjacent home told a Carson City sheriff's deputy that the mobile was occupied by their grandmother and that she was not home at the time. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Carson City firefighters were called at around noon to a working structure fire at a home located at 2555 Wilma Way. Firefighters at the scene report smoke coming from inside the garage area. Two dog were reportedly rescued in the fire.

According to dispatch reports via police scanner, firefighters had made entry into the home as of around 12:10 p.m. to see if anyone is inside and found the two dogs. Carson City Animal Services was called to respond.

UPDATE: 7:44PM: Two neighbors living adjacent to the apartment complex that was damaged in an apartment fire Friday night suffered minor injuries. Michael Robson, 26, said he was working on his car when he saw flames and jumped through a fence to help his neighbors as the house was burning.

Robson's brother-in-law, Cody Claussen, 18, also helped and suffered an electrical burn and a glass burn on his hands and arms, Robson said. Both men drove themselves to the emergency room for treatment.

A fire that destroyed four apartment units at the Parkway Plaza complex Saturday was caused by spontaneous ignition of a potted plant on a wood deck, Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi said.

UPDATE 10:30PM: The apartment fire Monday afternoon at a complex off of Airport Road in Carson City was caused by a child playing with a lighter, Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi confirmed. Flame from the lighter touched off blankets and the fire spread, he said.

UPDATE 2:29PM: Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi reports no injuries and several animals rescued at a fire inside an apartment/townhome complex in the 3400 block of Airport Road.

Carson City fire crews knocked down a fire Tuesday night that produced heavy smoke inside the fungus-based pharmaceutical company Aloha Medicinals in the 2300 block of Arrowhead Drive.

Damage was confined to a dust collection system, which caught fire when sawdust-like material ignited during a mill and grind operation, said Carson City Battalion Chief Eric Bero.

The fire was reported as an alarm at 5:35 p.m. and crews had flames knocked down 5:47p.m., with the situation reported under control at 6:36 p.m.

Carson City fire crews responded Saturday night to a structure fire in the 4800 block of Center Drive. The fire was reported at 7:38 p.m. and was said to be confined to an unoccupied garage area. Fire crews on the scene said the fire was 20 foot by 20 foot in size and knocked down at around 7:55 p.m. Additional fire trucks were reported to be unneeded and the fire was isolated to a power circuit.

UPDATE 4:51 PM: Firefighters said the electrical fire inside a Winnie Lane home was found smoldering in the attic area of a master bedroom. Additional fire units called earlier are standing down.
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Carson City firefighters responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to a structure fire in the 1800 block of North Winnie Lane. Traffic control measures were put into place at 4:40 p.m. on both the north and south ends of Winnie.
Firefighters report via dispatch that they plan to make entrance into the home to ascertain how serious it is.

UPDATE 1:56AM: Carson City fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire late Saturday night that destroyed about 50 percent of a manufactured home in the 1700 block of Race Track Road.
Carson City Fire Department Battalion Chief Bob Charles said the fire, initially reported as being inside a garage, was found to be fully engulfed in the front patio area and then spread to the main interior of the home before it was extinguished. With a number of add-ons, the manufactured home is believed to be about 2,200 square-feet in size.

Arson has been ruled out but an investigation is ongoing after a fire Friday morning at the Genoa Station Grill and Bar adjacent to Genoa Town Hall.
Douglas County Dispatch received a 911 call of a structure fire at the Genoa Station Grill and Bar, which is a newer business adjacent to the Genoa Town Hall. East Fork Fire and Paramedic District along with Douglas County Sheriff’s Department and the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to the scene, said DCSO Sgt. Pat Brooks.

At 3:17 pm Wednesday, South Lake Tahoe police and fire personnel responded to the report of a structure fire at the Forest Manor, a multi unit two story apartment complex at 3754 Forest Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. As firefighters began to extinguish flames from unit 1 downstairs, police officers assisted with the evacuation of the entire complex.

Carson City firefighters arrived at a structure fire at 611 Telegraph at about 6:45 p.m. on Monday night. Located between Anderson and Walsh streets, the commercial-residential building was unoccupied at the time and construction work on the foundation appeared to have been ongoing with renovations and work being done on the inside.

Expected strong winds to arrive on Sunday has the U.S. Forest Service asking Lake Tahoe fire agencies to be on alert for forest fires in the basin.
The wind, combined with virtually no snow or rain since November, has already pushed the fire danger level back to high. The Forest Service urges the public to use caution with activities that could start a fire.

Carson City fire crews and deputies have responded to a structure fire at the intersection of College Parkway and Otha Street. The fire, reportedly a trailer, is emitting heavy smoke with some flames showing. The call came into dispatch at around 2:20 this afternoon.
Carson City sheriff's deputies have been asked to to block traffic in the area.

The following is from Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong regarding the early morning fire on Garnet Way that destroyed a home. Authorities seek the whereabouts of home owner Robert McCleary. Investigors suspect arson caused the fire.

Carson City authorities remain on the scene of a fire which destroyed a home early this morning near the intersection of Garnet Way and Ruby Lane. According to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong, a search both on and off the property is being conducted for the homeowner.
It is not known where owner Robert McCleary is at, but given the suspicious nature of the fire and the possibility that it was intentionally set, the homeowner is a person of interest, Furlong said.
"We are still sifting through the debris," he said.

Carson City firefighters knocked down a small fire this afternoon inside the Stewart Title office building in the 1800 block of College Parkway.

Employees evacuated the building after an alarm had gone off shortly after 3 this afternoon. Firefighters arriving on scene reported there was a fire burning and that they had it contained at about 3:15 p.m.

A sprinkler system had been activated, according to firefighters on the scene.

Update: A home and trailer were heavily damaged by a fire on South Curry Street in Carson City today.

Residents Kathleen Stevens and her daughter Elizabeth Nix were able to escape without injury. Firefighters rescued their dog, Thor.

"The dog is my soulmate," Nix said. "I don't know what I would do without him."

Fire crews are still on the scene, and no cause has been determined yet. The fire broke out shortly after noon. The home is located next to the Ormsby House.

Firefighters assigned to a structure fire at the Mattress King building on Fairview Drive in Carson City, apparently had problems with a water hydrant at the corner of Idaho and Industrial streets.

In fact witnesses watched firefighters trying to tap into the hydrant without luck as the fire raged on, growing hotter with the smoke becoming a dense black, a sign of rising temperatures within the building.