Incident number:  0170152          Date:  July 20, 2010            Time of call: 1:14 a.m.

Time of First Unit on Scene: 1:18 a.m. (E4)        Time of Knockdown:  1:45 a.m.

Type of call:  House Fire

Correct address: 424 S. Seventh St. (Clark/Las Vegas Blvd)              CLV Ward:  3

Name:                                                                       Parcel: 139-34-710-029
                                
Zip:   89101                        District/Phantom: 2425-66                 Number of alarms:  One

Building type: Single family-residential                Number of stories: One         Units:

Size:   1,797 sq. ft.                                                    When built:  1935
                           
Construction type: Wood frame/stucco       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: Extensive          Description of damage:  Wood shake shingle roof and attic area of house completely destroyed, interior damage due to roof caving into the house.

Cause of incident:  Undetermined. 

American Red Cross: No             Pets: Yes          Status of pets: Two cats taken care of by Animal Control.  One of the cats died on scene.
 
General information about the incident:  Fire dispatchers received numerous calls that the roof of a house was on fire. Roof area was fully involved and starting to cave into the interior of the house when firefighters arrived on scene. Firefighters were able to confine the fire to the one home. Neighbors told fire investigators that an elderly man was seen watering trees and feeding cats there from time to time and occasionally a light was on inside the house. But after checking the house twice, firefighters could not find anyone inside the house. Fire investigators believe that occasionally someone might have checked on or visited the house, but it did not appear anyone was living in the house. The cause of the fire is undetermined. At 11:57 p.m. Monday, a palm tree was on fire nearby at the intersection of South Seventh Street and Clark Avenue. Fire investigators could not rule out the possibility that an ember from the previous tree fire fell on the wood roof and caught fire. There were no reported injuries.
 
Number of Units on Scene: 16
E4,201,10,1, T1, R4,204, EMS1, CB8, AR1, B1,5, PIO1, 6i1, 6i8, 6i11
Number of Personnel on Scene: 37