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ONE PERSON IS KILLED WHEN A
MOBILE HOME IN CLARK COUNTY
GOES UP IN FLAMES. BROOKE
MOORE JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT
NEIGHBORS ARE SAYING, IN THIS
MORNING'S TOP STORY.
IT WAS A NEIGHBOR WHO
CALLED 911 LATE LAST NIGHT,
AFTER LOOKING OUT HIS WINDOW
TO SEE FLAMES SHOOTING INTO
THE SKY. UNFORTUNATELY BY
THE TIME FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED,
IT WAS TOO LATE FOR ONE PERSON
INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME.
SMOKE SURROUNDED WHAT IS NOW
THE SHELL OF A HOME, WHEN WE
ARRIVED AT 83 BANYON DRIVE IN
PLEASANT TOWNSHIP SOME TIME
AROUND 11:30. YELLOW TAPE
ROPED OFF A WIDE AREA-- AND
THE HOMES YOU SEE ON THE LEFT
AND RIGHT ALSO SUFFERED LIGHT
DAMAGE. FIREFIGHTERS
CONTINUED TO BATTLE HOT SPOTS
AND HEAVY SMOKE... WHILE
NEIGHBORS BRAVED THE COLD, AS
THEY WATCHED CREWS FROM FIVE
DIFFERENT AREAS BATTLE THIS
FIRE. THE FLAMES HAD ALSO
SPREAD TO THE TRUCK PARKED
OUTSIDE THE MOBILE HOME. WE
TALKED TO JIM BUTLER, WHO
LIVES IN THE AREA AND SAW THE
FLAMES. HE SAYS THIS IS A
SIGHT HE'S SEEN BEFORE...
"THERE WAS A FIRE HERE BACK IN
AUGUST ALSO. HIS KITCHEN
CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THEY SAVED
IT THEN. BUT NOT THIS TIME."
NEIGHBORS ARE SUSPECTING THE
PERSON WHO DIED IN THE FIRE,
IS THE MAN WHO LIVED THERE.
BUT THE CORONER IS WORKING TO
IDENTIFY THE PERSON-- AND FIRE
OFFICIALS COULDN'T SAY IF IT
WAS A MAN OR WOMAN. THE
STATE FIRE MARSHAL IS
INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE
FLAMES. REPORTING LIVE I'M
BROOKE MOORE, 2 NEWS TODAY.