Incident number:  0165070          Date:  July 14, 2010            Time of call: 2:35 p.m.

Time of First Unit on Scene: 2:40 p.m. (E4)        Time of Knockdown:  4:04 p.m.

Type of call:  Business Fire

Correct address: 1218 S. Main St. (Main/Charleston)              CLV Ward:  3

Name: Alex Rivas Upholstery Shop                         Parcel: 162-03-110-099
                                
Zip:   89102                         District/Phantom: 2525-11                 Number of alarms:  Two

Building type: Commercial                 Number of stories: One         Units:

Size:                                                       When built:  1955
                           
Construction type: Concrete block       Smoke alarms: None      Sprinklers: None        

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

Any injuries: No              How many : None          Type: 

Damage estimate: $200,000          Description of damage:  1218 – Alex Rivas Upholstery Shop – gutted/extensive damage / 1216 Bail King – moderate smoke damage, vehicle parked behind shop destroyed / 1214  Ventura Furniture – light smoke odor

Cause of incident:  Undetermined.  Started outside behind the upholstery shop, spread to interior of building through an open back door and window.

American Red Cross: No             Pets: Yes          Status of pets: 2 small dogs were rescued by occupants in store, one small dog died in the fire.
 
General information about the incident:  Fire started outside behind the upholstery shop in a neat pile of furniture and other items commonly found behind a shop, only most of their material was combustible (able to burn). Shop owners across street noticed the outside fire across the street and alerted people in the upholstery shop. Several nearby shop owners brought fire extinguishers and occupants of the upholstery shop used garden hoses to try to put the fire out, but it continued to grow quickly. People fled, looking for dogs inside the store as they left, two dogs were taken out, a third could not be found. Firefighters arrived and worked quickly to prevent the fire from spreading to the other stores on the block. Once that was accomplished, they worked to put the fire out in the upholstery store. It took more than 90 minutes to knock the fire down. The cause of the fire is undetermined, fire investigators determined it started outside the building then moved inside.

Although it is in the same general area, this fire is not connected to the other incidents that occurred on South Main Street on Sunday. Several streets in the area, including Main Street were closed for approximately three hours during the emergency.
 
Number of Units on Scene: 33
1st Alarm:  E1,4,33,15, T1, R10, CB8, EMS15,  AR1, B1,2, PIO1, 6i1, 6i7, 6i9
2nd Alarm:  E5,10,201,2,41,7, T3,48, R1,204, EMS1, B4, 103, 104, 106, 107, 114, 308, 601
Number of Personnel on Scene: 81