Pre-arrival video: Las Vegas house fire.

This is video from June 13 at 4205 Robins Ridge Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada. It shows Engine 42 arriving on the scene. Prior to the fire department getting there a police officer pulled up. He's the one taking his own pre-arrival picture.

Below is the media release from PIO Tim Szymanski with details about the fire. 

Fire Starting In Garage Heavily Damages Las Vegas Home For The Second Time In One Week, Fire Extensively Damages Another Northwest House

Incident number:  1142670         Date:  June 13, 2011            Time of call:  7:04 p.m. Time of First Unit on Scene:  7:14 p.m. (E42)       Time of Knockdown:   7:21 p.m. Type of call: Garage Fire Correct address: 4205 Robins Ridge Drive (Alexander/CC 215)         CLV Ward: 4                               Name: Lone Mountain Heights                               Parcel: 137-01-712-019                         Zip:   89129                      District/Phantom: 1814/75                 Number of alarms: One Building type: Single Family/Residential              Number of stories:  Two        Units:        Size:  2,492 sq. ft.                                                              When built:  2002                             Construction type: Wood frame/stucco     Smoke alarms:  Yes  Sprinklers: No Weather Temp:  93   Wind:  South 0-5  Sky:  Clear  Humidity: 20%  Dew point: 30     Number of occupants:  Adults: 2       Teens (18-13): 1   Children: 0 Any injuries: No             How many:         Type:   Damage estimate: $275,000                         Description of damage:  Garage, upstairs master bedroom and downstairs living room gutted by fire, rest of house heavy heat and smoke damage, two 2007 cars parked in the garage were completely destroyed. Cause of incident:  Accidental, appears to be careless smoking, starting in the garage. Door from garage to interior of the home was left open, draft pulled fire into the interior of the home, up the stairs to upstairs causing extensive damage to both floors of home. American Red Cross: Yes          Pets: Yes Status of pets: Escaped with occupants safely. General information about the incident:  Both adults were home watching TV when they heard loud noises coming from garage. When they went to investigate, they opened the door from interior of home into garage and were met with heavy flames and smoke. Woman left home to call 9-1-1 and took pet dog with her. Male went back to garage with fire extinguisher from kitchen, but was beaten back by thick smoke, he left the house. The door from the garage did not close and intense heat and thick black smoke spread throughout the house. Garage door on outside of house was partially open which allowed flames to lap out the door over front of house spreading fire on the front of the house. A column of thick black smoke could be seen ten miles away from the house as firefighters were responding. When firefighters arrived, the house was heavily involved with fire. It took firefighters less than ten minutes to bring the fire under control. Fire investigators believe the fire is the result of careless smoking in the garage. The same type of fire occurred one week ago in another northwest Las Vegas home. Ironically, the same crew that was first on the scene for tonight’s fire, was also the crew that was first on scene for last week’s house fire. Three people are displaced because of tonight’s fire. The American Red Cross and Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Foundation was providing assistance to the family tonight. E42,9,47,7, T7, R42, AR53, B4,15, PIO1, 6i3, 6i6, 6i9