Media Release

 

Monday, July 05, 2010
For Immediate Release
Fire & Rescue

Contact: Tim Szymanski
Telephone: 303-2993

 

Fire In Vacant Business Under Investigation

 

Incident number:  0156427          Date:  July 5, 2010            Time of call: 2:43 a.m.

Time of First Unit on Scene: 2:46 a.m. (E50)        Time of Knockdown:  3:03 a.m.

Type of call:  Business Fire

Correct address: 2331 Martin L. King Blvd. (MLK/Carey)              CLV Ward:  5

Name: Smog Shop                                                                 Parcel: 139-21-102-005
                                
Zip:   89106                         District/Phantom: 2224-15                 Number of alarms:  One

Building type: Business                 Number of stories: One*         Units:

Size:                                                       When built: 
                           
Construction type: Concrete block       Smoke alarms: Unknown          Sprinklers: No        

Number of occupants:  Adults:  None      Teens (18-13): None       Children: None

Any injuries: No              How many : None          Type: 

Damage estimate: Unknown          Description of damage:  Fire occurred in a vacant room that was added to the roof of the building.

Cause of incident:  Undetermined / under investigation

American Red Cross: No             Pets: No          Status of pets:
 
General information about the incident: Building is vacant, appears that homeless people are/were staying in it.  A room was added to the roof of the building, that is the area where the fire occurred.  It was confined to that one room, cause under investigation.
 
Number of Units on Scene: 7
 E3,201,50, T1, R50, B1, PIO1
Number of Personnel on Scene: 21

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