Carson City Fire Department called to suspicious fire at tractor center on East Nye
Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called early Thursday morning to a vehicle fire in the area of Highway 50 and East Nye.
The call came into dispatch at around 12:50 a.m. as a fire in the vicinity in the north rear lot of S&W Tractor, 4880 East Nye. The reporting party told dispatch they saw smoke and three subjects running from the area.
There was a loud explosion, possibly from the exhaust system of the tractor, as firefighters were extinguishing the flames.
First responders on scene confirmed a tractor was on fire. The cause is under investigation.