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PHOTOS: A late-night fire inside a vacant commercial building on Commercial Row near Sutro Street brought firefighters to the area as crews worked to put out the flames and investigators began looking into what caused it.
Reno Fire crews were called to a fire just before 8 p.m. Sunday at the laundromat connected to the Jelly Donut at 1740 S. Virginia Street. According to fire officials, it started with some rags that were in a closet in the back of the laundromat.
PHOTOS: A late-night rescue unfolded near Mount Rose Summit after two hikers became lost in snowy conditions and needed help finding their way back to safety.
VIDEO: Sparks firefighters quickly put out a car fire on Thursday afternoon. It happened on East Nugget Avenue near I-80, according to a post on the Sparks Firefighters Facebook page.
The Reno Fire Department has announced the approval of a new recruit academy, set to commence on April 24. The department is actively recruiting 14 new firefighters, with applications currently open.
VIDEO: While Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Fire Chief Richard Edwards loves to ski, he’s hoping for much more snow this winter — for professional reasons.
The Reno Fire Department responded to a small garbage fire at the Atlantis Casino Resort on Wednesday evening. The fire has been extinguished, according to an RFD spokesperson.
Carson City Fire Department and sheriff’s deputies were called Sunday morning to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in which the driver fled the scene in the 4000 block of North Carson Street.
An investigation is underway after a fire broke out near Victorian Avenue and C Street in Sparks Tuesday morning. The fire started just before 10:30 a.m. inside one unit at an apartment building .
Sparks firefighters knocked down a fire in a trash compactor before it spread to a nearby building on Friday. Crews responded to an outside commercial fire in the 900 block of south Rock Blvd.
The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office posted a photo of a Baptist Church that was damaged in an explosion. According to the post on Facebook, it may have been caused by a propane leak.
PHOTOS: It was a bustling day for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s Search & Rescue crews on Saturday as they helped two people to safety in back-to-back missions.
