AN OFF-DUTY FIREFIGHTER IS TO BE THANKED FOR HELPING TO LIMIT THE DAMAGE TO A HOME IN CHINO VALLEY AFTER THEY NOTICED FIRE AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON.

EMERGENCY CREWS QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THE STRUCTURE FIRE ON NORTH DINGO LANE IN CHINO VALLEY, WHERE IT APPEARED THE FIRE BEGAN ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOME, CATCHING THE EAVE OF THE ROOF ON FIRE AND THEN EXTENDING INTO THE ATTIC.

DUE TO QUICK-THINKING AND EARLY DECTECTION, THE FIRE WAS EFFECTIVELY CONTAINED, UNTIL FIREFIGHTERS FROM PRESCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY ARRIVED. CREWS GAINED QUICK ACCESS TO THE ATTIC AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. 

ONE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO YRMC BY AMBULANCE WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO FIRE PERSONNEL. THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE FIRE CONTINUES.