Family of 5 displaced after house fire in Sparks

SPARKS, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A family of five has been displaced after an attic caught fire in Sparks on Friday, according to a battalion chief.

Shawn McEvers with the Sparks Fire Department said crews were dispatched at 3:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, to a home on E. Gault Way for a report of a fire.

Upon arrival, firefighters found an active attic fire and nobody home, McEvers said.

The fire was extinguished, and an investigator is looking into the incident.

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The Red Cross has been requested to help the family, which was displaced from the home due to fire and water damage.