Carson City Fire Department called to structure fire at Mary and Fifth streets
UPDATE: St. Teresa students are back in school and the evacuation has been lifted.
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Carson City firefighters responded this afternoon to a house fire at 735 W. 5th Street, adjacent to St. Theresa school.
Heavy smoke and flames were visible when firefighters arrived on the scene at about 1 p.m. The blaze was under control by 1:40 p.m.
No one was home at the time, but that there might be a pet inside. The cause is under investigation.
St. Theresa school students have been evacuated. The fire call came into dispatch just after 1 p.m.
See the video below that was taken by retired NHP trooper Michael Giurlani who saw the fire and attempted to see if anyone was inside.