East Fork engines at Minden Tahoe Airport on Oct. 1.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Rescuers responded to Minden-Tahoe Airport for a hangar fire around 4:35 p.m. Tuesday.
East Fork firefighters, Douglas County deputies and units from Tahoe-Douglas and Carson City responded to a report of smoke coming from hangar D at the airport.
A water flow alarm reported from the hangar indicated the automatic sprinklers went off.
East Fork reported knockdown on the fire by 5:10 p.m. and no smoke was visible coming from the hangar a short time later.
Mono County provided coverage for East Fork in south county.
There was no report of injuries from the fire.
Because the sprinkler system was discharged for the fire, the hangar was on fire watch overnight. It was turned back over to the tenant around 6:35 p.m.
