Fire damages eight townhomes in Northwest Reno

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SOPHIE LINCOLN NEWS FOUR. >>ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SOPHIE WE CONTINUE TO BRING YOU NEW UPDATES ON A FIRE THAT STARTED AT ABOUT 220 THIS AFTERNOON AT A TOWNHOME COMPLEX THAT WAS IN NORTHWEST RENO. >>NEWS FOUR'S ANTHONY RAMOS JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST FROM THERE. HOW'S IT GOING TONIGHT, ANTHONY >>WELL, JOE, THE SCENE IS MUCH QUIETER THAN IT WAS WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS STORY TO YOU AT OUR 4:00 HOUR. WE JUST HEARD FROM THE BATTALION CHIEF FOR RENO POLICE CHIEF MOONEY AND HE SAYS THAT THE CALL CAME IN ABOUT A POSSIBLE BRUSH FIRE AROUND 220, CREWS GOT TO THE SCENE AROUND 230, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND BOTH THE BUILDING AS WELL AS SOME NEARBY BRUSH, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER MY SHOULDER ON FIRE. NOW THEY'RE UNSURE WHICH ONE STARTED. FIRST, THE BUILDING FIRE OR THE BRUSH, BUT IT WAS INITIALLY A FOUR PERSON CREW THAT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. BUT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE FIRE, ANOTHER ALARM WAS CALLED 16 TRUCKS IN TOTAL, RESPONDING WITH 54 FIREFIGHTERS ON SCENE. NO, THANKFULLY NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE OCCUPYING THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS ANY OF THE FIREFIGHTERS. NOW, EIGHT UNITS ARE COMPLETELY UNINHABITABLE. THOSE UNITS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE COMPLEX IS MADE UP OF 18 UNITS AND THREE DIFFERENT BUILDINGS. 12 PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED AND THE RED CROSS IS ACTUALLY HERE ON SCENE HELPING THEM. OFFICIALS WERE ABLE TO SAVE FIVE FERRETS, TWO DOGS, TWO CATS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY TWO DOGS DID DIE IN THE FIRE. NOW THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN TO INVESTIGATORS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON THE SCENE, AND CHIEF MOONEY SAYS THAT FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING ON OVERHAULING, WHICH IS BASICALLY JUST MAKING SURE THAT NO FIRE IS LINGERING AROUND THE FIRE IS OUT, BUT THERE MAY STILL BE HIDDEN FIRE BEHIND THE WALLS AND THE CREVICES AND THE ATTICS AND THE CREWS ARE IN THERE RIGHT NOW, CUTTING APART EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO FIRE. >>THAT THAT REKINDLES LATER ON >>NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT ROADS IN THIS AREA ARE STILL CLOSED AND CREWS EXPECT THEM TO BE CLOSED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO HOURS, ON SEVENTH STREET. SEVENTH STREET EASTBOUND IS OPEN, BUT THE WESTBOUND IS NOT JUST LIKE MCCARRAN. NORTHBOUND IS COMPLETELY CLOSED, BUT MCCARRAN SOUTHBOUND IS OPEN, AND RENO PD IS ON SCENE, STILL DIRECTING TRAFFIC. SO IF YOU HAVE TO COME IN THE AREA, IT'S JUST BEST TO AVOID THE AREA, IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE OVER HERE. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE INVESTIGATORS STILL ON THE SCENE. FIRE CREWS HAVE TWO INVESTIGATORS THAT ARE JUST COMBING THROUGH SOME OF THAT WRECKAGE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT STARTED THIS FIRE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU BOTH ON AIR AND ON OUR

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