Hospitals busy with area crashes
Numerous motor vehicle collisions in the past several days kept Pahrump fire crews quite busy over the weekend.
Fire Chief Scott Lewis said one person was transported to Desert View Hospital following a crash in the area of Irene Street and Blagg Road just before 9 a.m.
Upon arrival, we found a two-vehicle accident with no entrapment, he said. One patient was transported to the local hospital. The next accident was a two-vehicle accident, at Highway 372 and 160, where one patient was transported.
Last Tuesday, July 7, fire crews responded to a collision involving a car and a trike at Homestead and Manse roads just after 7 p.m., where at least two people were transported to the hospital.
The vehicle struck the trike in such a fashion that it overturned and one patient was flown by Mercy Air to UMC Trauma in Las Vegas, he said. The second patient was transported to the local hospital.
On Friday, first responder crews were summoned to mile marker 27 on north Highway 160 after dispatchers received reports of a rollover crash at 10:30 p.m.
This was in close proximity to the Crystal turnoff, Lewis said. Upon arrival, we found a one-vehicle rollover accident. The patient had self-extricated and was transported to Desert View Hospital.
A report of a structure fire at a residence in the Comstock Park development forced fire crews to use their noses to find the blaze as no visible smoke was showing at the home just before 2:30 p.m.
Though the home was occupied at the time, no injuries were reported, but the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
When crews first arrived they did not observe anything showing from the exterior, however their investigation and scene size-up revealed a room and contents fire, Lewis said. They quickly established a water supply from a closely located hydrant and knocked the fire down with no extension.
A few hours later, Lewis said crews responded to the 2900 block of Rio Rico Street for a report of a grass fire.
Crews found a grass fire that had extended into two properties, he said. The investigation revealed that the fire originated from the unauthorized use of fireworks. The Nye County Sheriffs Office is investigating.
A day later, fire crews were summoned to the area of Gamebird and Blagg roads for a report of another fire.
We were dispatched for a brush fire on what appeared to be BLM land, Lewis said. Upon arrival, crews found just under a one-acre fire consisting of mixed fuels, of brush, as well as lower density fuels. They made a quick attack and knocked it down in short fashion with no further extensions.
Lewis said the local BLM fire engine was unavailable, as they were deployed on Sunday to a large Colorado brush fire.
We completed the suppression and BLM had a law enforcement officer arrive on location for the investigation, Lewis said.
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