Firefighters run into hydrant issues at Carson City fire
Firefighters assigned to a structure fire at the Mattress King building on Fairview Drive in Carson City, apparently had problems with a water hydrant at the corner of Idaho and Industrial streets.
In fact witnesses watched firefighters trying to tap into the hydrant without luck as the fire raged on, growing hotter with the smoke becoming a dense black, a sign of rising temperatures within the building.
Crews tapped water from their trucks and another nearby hydrant as the fire began to build early. At 12:17 p.m. some 40 minutes later, the hydrant at Idaho and Industrial began working.
The fire, which broke out around 11:40 this morning, was blocking traffic around Lowes, near Fairview. Traffic appears to now be resuming.
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