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Late-night fire claims three vehicles, one dog

By JARED DuBACH — Staff Writer
Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:44 PM PST

Ross Andreson/Elko Daily Free Press A firefighter from Nevada Division of Forestry battles a blaze early this morning about one mile north of Nevada Youth Training Center. A fifth-wheel trailer and two other vehicles were burned before firefighters extinguished the blaze.

ELKO — A fifth-wheel trailer, two vehicles and a dog were claimed by a blaze that started when straw insulation was left too close to the exhaust of a generator Wednesday night.

At 11:40 p.m. Wednesday, Nevada Division of Forestry firefighters, the Elko City Fire Department, Lee Engine Company and Elko County sheriff’s deputies responded to a fire call in an area north of Nevada Youth Training Center east of town.

According to Elko County sheriff’s Lt. Doug Gailey, the fifth-wheel is registered to Earl Echohawk.

No one was injured by the fire; however, a Labrador retriever was killed as it was chained in close proximity to the trailer.

A second trailer nearby was undamaged.

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