A man stole a security guard's truck while the guard was responding to a fire alarm Wednesday morning.
The guard was doing a routine check when a fire alarm started going off. He then found a suspicious man standing around who he believes was trying to break into a business. The man said he just got out of the hospital and wants to get to California. While the guard was questioning him, the man then took off with the guard's truck, which was still running.
"He bolted back to my truck and took off with it," said Otis Linton, the security guard.
The fire itself started around 1 a.m. in the 6100 block of Brent Thurman Way, near Sunset Road and the 215 Beltway. Upon arrival, firefighters saw no visible fire or smoke coming from the structure but the sprinklers were activated. There was a small fire in offices that were under construction.
The fire is under investigation. A restoration crew is working to clean up all the water damage caused by the sprinkler system.
Bad water damage after sprinkler system goes off @KTNV pic.twitter.com/4nWw2vpgMy
— Parker Collins (@parkercollinstv) November 25, 2015
No injures were reported.
