Fire destroys vacant home

Firefighter Jerry Cox, Nevada Fire Department, operates a hose line at a vacant house fire in the 400 Block of East Pitcher Street late Wednesday afternoon.

Photo by Gabe Franklin | Daily Mail

A fire destroyed a vacant home at 437 East Pitcher Street on Wednesday afternoon.

The fire was discovered by Chief Troy Denney who was travelling south on Osage Boulevard at about 4 p.m.. Chief Denney observed a column of black smoke and went to investigate.

"The home was about 25 percent involved with most of the flames coming from the front porch and what appeared to be the front room," Denney said.

Firefighters brought the fire under control in about an hour.

"The house was vacant at the time of the fire," Denney said. "The cause of the fire is still under investigation."

Eight firefighters and three apparatus responded to the fire and operated on scene for two hours.

This is incident number 429 for the Nevada Fire Department for the year.